NORTH­WEST FLORI­DA BEACH­ES INTER­NA­TION­AL AIR­PORT ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE TER­MI­NAL ENTRANCE ROAD AND RENTAL CAR RETURN

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Katie Spill­man, PR Counsel 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

(727) 236‑0284 or katies@​themooreagency.​com

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Octo­ber 9, 2025 

NORTH­WEST FLORI­DA BEACH­ES INTER­NA­TION­AL AIR­PORT ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE TER­MI­NAL ENTRANCE ROAD AND RENTAL CAR RETURN 

ECP Air­port Encour­ages Trav­el­ers to Plan Ahead as Con­struc­tion Prepa­ra­tions Begin for Major 80,000-Square-Foot Addition 

PANA­MA CITY, Fla. (Octo­ber 9, 2025) — North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is advis­ing trav­el­ers to allow extra time when vis­it­ing the Air­port start­ing mid-Octo­ber, as prepa­ra­tions begin for the new North Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion. The Air­port will begin mak­ing mod­i­fi­ca­tions to West Bay Park­way and the Ter­mi­nal Loop Road and adja­cent rental car return entrance ahead of break­ing ground this win­ter on our trans­for­ma­tive three-phase project. 

Pas­sen­gers should plan to arrive a lit­tle ear­li­er than usu­al and watch for updat­ed sig­nage direct­ing them through any tem­po­rary changes to the road­way and rental car return entrance. While ECP is work­ing dili­gent­ly to min­i­mize dis­rup­tions to the trav­el expe­ri­ence, these ear­ly prepa­ra­tions are essen­tial ground­work for the sig­nif­i­cant improve­ments ahead. 

“If you’re a fre­quent vis­i­tor to the Air­port, you’ll notice the start of some big changes,” said Mark Shel­don, Chair of the Board of Direc­tors for North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port. ​“We appre­ci­ate your patience through this expan­sion project. Our Air­port is grow­ing to meet the demands of our pas­sen­gers and air­lines. We can’t wait to show off the enhanced pas­sen­ger expe­ri­ence when this new Ter­mi­nal is complete.” 

The new expand­ed Ter­mi­nal rep­re­sents ECP’s essen­tial response to record-break­ing demand, which is cur­rent­ly up more than 501% from the Air­port’s first year of oper­a­tion 15 years ago. The 80,000-square-foot facil­i­ty will include three addi­tion­al gates; six air­line bag­gage offices; a ver­ti­cal trans­porta­tion cor­ri­dor with esca­la­tors, ele­va­tors, and stairs; and four addi­tion­al bag­gage claim carousels. 

As ECP approach­es the mile­stone of 2 mil­lion annu­al pas­sen­gers, the new Ter­mi­nal expan­sion will bring trav­el­ers a host of improve­ments designed to enhance their Air­port expe­ri­ence. The addi­tion­al capac­i­ty will allow for enhanced flight oppor­tu­ni­ties. Pas­sen­gers can look for­ward to upgrad­ed con­ces­sions, restrooms, and pas­sen­ger seat­ing and ser­vices, as well as a new secu­ri­ty screen­ing check­point at strate­gi­cal­ly relo­cat­ed and expand­ed TSA operations. 

The new North Ter­mi­nal Expan­sion ensures that ECP will con­tin­ue to evolve and meet the needs of future trav­el­ers while main­tain­ing the effi­cient, pas­sen­ger-focused expe­ri­ence for which the Air­port is known. 

For the lat­est updates on con­struc­tion progress and any trav­el advi­sories, pas­sen­gers are encour­aged to vis­it the Air­port’s web­site or fol­low ECP on social media. 

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About North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) is locat­ed less than 30 min­utes from Pana­ma City Beach, Pana­ma City and the beach­es of South Wal­ton. Today, with ser­vice from Amer­i­can Air­lines, Delta Air Lines, South­west Air­lines, and Unit­ed Air­lines, ECP pro­vides dai­ly flights to world­wide des­ti­na­tions, includ­ing dai­ly and sea­son­al non­stop flights to Atlanta (ATL), Austin (AUS), Bal­ti­more (BWI), Char­lotte (CLT), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Indi­anapo­lis (IND), Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), New York City (LGA), Philadel­phia (PHL), St. Louis (STL) and Wash­ing­ton DC (DCA). ECP pro­vides North­west Flori­da com­mu­ni­ties with first-class facil­i­ties and was strate­gi­cal­ly devel­oped for major eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties. ECP is the gate­way to vis­i­tors seek­ing North­west Florida’s famous beaches.