Palm Beach International Airport

Palm Beach International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	KPBI
IATA code	PBI
Coordinates	26 ° 40 '59 "  N , 80 ° 5' 44"  W Coordinates: 26 ° 40 '59 "  N , 80 ° 5' 44"  W.
Height above MSL	6 m (20  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	3 miles west of Palm Beach, 50 miles north of Miami
Street	I-95 / US 98 / FL 80
Local transport	bus
Basic data
opening	1936
operator	Palm Beach County Department of Airports
Terminals	1
Passengers	6,895,385 (2019)
Air freight	26,894 t (2019)
Flight movements	142,522 (2019)
Runways
10R / 28L	979 m × 23 m asphalt
10L / 28R	3050 m × 46 m asphalt
14/32	2113 m × 46 m asphalt

The Palm Beach International Airport is one of three international airports in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida .
It was opened in 1936 and is located about 80 kilometers from Miami west of the city of West Palm Beach .

history

In 1936, what was then known as Morrison Field was completed and Eastern Air Lines began using the airport that same year . The official inauguration took place on December 19, 1936. In January 1937, the Palm Beach Aero Corporation received a five-year lease for a hangar. This was at the south end of the airport along with another building known as the Eastern Air Lines Terminal.

In November 1940, the United States Army Air Corps began converting the airport for military use due to World War II ; it was activated as a military airfield in 1941. Civil air traffic was relocated to Lantana Airport , six miles south . In 1947, the Air Transport Command relocated to Mobile, Alabama, in the US state of Alabama . On June 30, 1947, Morrison Air Force Base was deactivated. In September of the same year, Palm Beach County began using a former United States Air Force building on the north side of the airport as a passenger terminal . On August 11, 1948, the airport was officially renamed Palm Beach International Airport . It was only served by Eastern Air Lines and National Airlines in the 1940s . In 1950 the airline Bahamas Air was added.

In September 1951, Morrison Air Force Base was reactivated due to the Korean War. Civil air traffic was then handled again at the south end of the airport. The county's first permanent passenger terminal was later built. The construction of the terminal cost 125,000 US dollars . In the following years, numerous other airlines added Palm Beach International Airport to their route network.

In 1959, Palm Beach County took over the operation of the airport again. In 1960 the airport area became the property of the county, and Delta Air Lines began using the airport. United Airlines followed suit the next year . In November 1963, in a vote, a relocation of the airport was rejected. Instead, the expansion of the existing airport was planned. In 1965, a $ 4 million bond funded the establishment of a maintenance base. On October 29, 1966, a new passenger terminal was inaugurated. A new control tower was built later . In 1974 Delta Air Lines built its own passenger terminal.

On October 23, 1988 a new passenger terminal was inaugurated. This was named after David McCampbell , a flying ace in the United States Navy during World War II. It cost over $ 150 million and initially had 25 gates . In 1991 the first passenger terminal from the 1950s was demolished.

Traffic figures

Source: Palm Beach County Department of Airports

Sources: Palm Beach County Department of Airports

Traffic figures for Palm Beach International Airport 1997–2019

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) with airmail	Aircraft movements (with military)
2019	6,895,385	26,894	142,522
2018	6,513,943	24,765	139.915
2017	6,322,452	23,814	140.383
2016	6,264,397	21,117	144.282
2015	6,265,530	23,738	144,797
2014	5,886,384	25,076	135,897
2013	5,691,747	19,660	135,587
2012	5,609,168	18,700	136.155
2011	5,769,583	18,213	143.194
2010	5,887,723	17,253	141,387
2009	5,994,606	12,017	138.092
2008	6,476,303	13,573	172,599
2007	6,936,449	14,771	190,662
2006	6,824,789	17.202	192,850
2005	7,014,237	17,522	165.901
2004	6,537,263	18,377	171.038
2003	6,014,186	18,261	171,692
2002	5,483,662	18,125	166.908
2001	5,939,404	20,607	189,063
2000	5,842,594	20,975	193,847
1999	5,742,634	23,136	179,828
1998	5,899,482	23,509	186,320
1997	5,813,361	30,718	192.090

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Palm Beach (2019)

rank	city	Passengers	airline
01	Atlanta , Georgia	638.360	Delta , Southwest
02	Newark , New Jersey	407.280	Frontier , JetBlue , United
03	New York-LaGuardia , New York	320.740	American , Delta, JetBlue
04th	Boston , Massachusetts	264.710	Delta, JetBlue, Spirit
05	Charlotte , North Carolina	255.360	American
06th	New York-JFK , New York	251,000	Delta, JetBlue
07th	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania	165,350	American, Frontier
08th	Westchester County , New York	160.030	JetBlue
09	Baltimore , Maryland	141,320	Southwest
10	Islip , New York	132.210	Frontier, Southwest

Web links

Commons : Palm Beach International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Airport website (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} History. PBIA.org, accessed February 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Passenger Statistics Reports. PBIA.org, accessed April 4, 2020 . 
3. ^ West Palm Beach / Palm Beach, FL: Palm Beach International (PBI). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed April 4, 2020 . 
4. ^ Non-stop flights from PBI. PBIA.org, accessed April 4, 2020 .