Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (IATA: ECP, ICAO: KECP, FAA LID: ECP) is a public airport 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Panama City, Florida, United States,[2] in Bay County.

The airport currently has no scheduled international flights, due to the small population in the surrounding areas and the fact that the demand for visitation to Panama City is mostly regional and/or national.

With strong opposition to extending the runways into an environmentally sensitive bay or into neighborhoods, the airport authority began to search for relocation sites.

[8] The county commission chose to proceed with building a new airport and closing down Fannin Field despite a majority of voters in a non-binding 2004 referendum voting against the plan.

Some felt that the St. Joe Company, which owned the land the airport would be based on, would derive an unfair benefit at the taxpayers' expense.

News has also been released stating the originally planned crosswind runway's construction will begin in late 2024 to early 2025[needs update] expected to accept passengers by June 2025.

As of 2023, the airport has a $14.7 million renovation in the works to pave an overflow parking lot, build out the terminal, and expand the baggage area.

Patriot Pilot Academy is currently the only flight training at ECP offering multi engine and commercial certifications.

As of April 2024, Alabama-based Southern Sky Aviation has opened a state of the art FBO just south of the Public Safety building.

Southern Sky Aviation hosts a Part 145 Aircraft repair station with Avionics installation and interior work as well.

In the 12-month period ending February 28, 2022, the airport had 80,665 aircraft operations, average 221 per day: 55% general aviation, 24% commercial, 13% air taxi, and 9% military.

[17] Southwest Airlines began service in May 2010 with eight daily Boeing 737 flights, two each to Baltimore-Washington (BWI), Houston–Hobby (HOU), Nashville (BNA), and Orlando (MCO).

[18] Southwest Airlines then started daily seasonal nonstop service to St. Louis (STL) on June 3, 2012.

Delta Connection had operated regional jet aircraft on their flights to Atlanta but currently does not serve the airport.

[20] United Express utilizes Mesa Airlines and CommutAir regional jets on their nonstop flights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH).

[23] On January 18, 2018, Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport announced the beginning of American Airlines nonstop flights to Charlotte Douglas (CLT) and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), which commenced on June 7, 2018.