Trav­el Alert | Hur­ri­cane Isa­ias Offi­cial State­ment: Octo­ber 9, 2026

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Katie Spill­man, PR Counsel 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Airport 

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

FOR IMME­DI­ATE RELEASE
Octo­ber 9, 2026

Offi­cial Press Statement: 

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port to Cease Com­mer­cial Oper­a­tions at 1 p.m. CST on Fri­day, Octo­ber 9

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP) will cease com­mer­cial oper­a­tions begin­ning at 1 p.m. CST today, Fri­day, Octo­ber 9, as we con­tin­ue to mon­i­tor Hur­ri­cane Isa­ias and its poten­tial impacts to our Region. 

The Air­port Ter­mi­nal will remain open; how­ev­er, the Ter­mi­nal is not oper­at­ing as a pub­lic shel­ter. We encour­age res­i­dents and vis­i­tors seek­ing shel­ter to fol­low guid­ance from local emer­gency man­age­ment offi­cials regard­ing des­ig­nat­ed shel­ter locations. 

Pas­sen­gers with sched­uled trav­el should check direct­ly with their air­line for the lat­est flight information.

The safe­ty of our pas­sen­gers, air­line part­ners and Air­port per­son­nel remains our high­est pri­or­i­ty. Our team will con­tin­ue mon­i­tor­ing con­di­tions in coor­di­na­tion with our local, state, fed­er­al and air­line part­ners, and we will share addi­tion­al updates regard­ing Air­port oper­a­tions as infor­ma­tion becomes available.

We encour­age every­one in our com­mu­ni­ty to stay informed and stay safe as the storm approaches.

Park­er W. McClel­lan Jr., A.A.E.

Exec­u­tive Director

North­west Flori­da Beach­es Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (ECP)

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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), Boston (BOS), Char­lotte (CLT), Chica­go (MDW/ORD), Colum­bus (CMH), Dal­las (DAL/DFW), Den­ver (DEN), Hous­ton (HOU/IAH), Kansas City (MCI), Nashville (BNA), New York City (LGA), 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.