![]() "I don't think the discovery is going away. "We feel that the airport's future is bright, and that we've been discovered," McClellan said. This is 115,566 more passengers than during the same time in 2019, and only 38,610 less passengers than during the same period in 2021. While 2022 will not overcome 2021, McClellan noted passenger growth in 2022 over 2019 proves ECP is on tract for continued growth in 2023.Īccording their airport's November activity report, it serviced 713,254 passengers in the first 11 months of 2022. That was the airport's busiest year ever before 2021, which brought an unprecedented number of passengers fueled by pent up travel demand created in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic. "What we want to do is have our growth at a similar pace to the community's growth, so that we can continue to perform at the same or better service level than what we have in the past."ĮCP's total passenger numbers for 2022 will not be available until January 2023, but McClellan said he expects for them to be "significantly" higher than those of 2019. "We want to make sure that we are building things in time (and) when they're needed," McClellan said. FBOs are terminals for small private and corporate airplanes. Construction for this project already is underway. Southern Sky Aviation, an aircraft maintenance company out of Alabama, also has invested more than $25 million to build a second fixed-base operator, or FBO, on about 11 acres at ECP. ![]() He noted upcoming developments include an approximately $3.5 million project to pave an overflow lot and add additional parking spaces, a more than $8 million project to expand the baggage area and $3.2 million project to expand the terminal. ![]() Holiday spike: Northeast Florida Beaches Airport in Bay County prepares for influx of holiday passengers ![]() ECP expands: Bay airport OKs $25M deal for second private, corporate airplane operator as demand soars ![]()
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