Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport
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Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport (IATA: GPT[3], ICAO: KGPT, FAA LID: GPT) is a joint civil–military public-use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Gulfport, a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States.[2] It is owned by the Gulfport–Biloxi Regional Airport Authority[2] and serves the Gulf Coast area.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Gulfport–Biloxi Regional Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area | ||||||||||||||
Location | Gulfport, Mississippi | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 28 ft / 9 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 30°24′26″N 089°04′12″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.FlyGPT.com | ||||||||||||||
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This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[4] As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 487,907 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008;[5] 411,978 enplanements in 2009; and 325,437 emplacements in 2014.[6] Despite its title, all regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights at the airport are domestic flights only.