Punta Gorda Airport is Open & Operational
9 a.m. UPDATE, 8/30/23 :
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PGD’s parking lots are open! Customers may park and/or pick up their vehicles. Parking fees will not be waived.
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Roads through Punta Gorda Airport are OPEN.
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PGD and its runways ARE OPEN and will remain open as long as conditions are safe.
PASSENGERS
- Allegiant has canceled its flights to/from PGD for 8/30/23 (four arrivals, four departures), and plans to resume operations at PGD on 8/31/23.
- PGD is not responsible for notifying passengers of Allegiant’s flight changes.
- If you have an upcoming flight, check your email for updates from Allegiant.
- Visit Allegiant Travel Alerts page.
- Allegiant had no flights scheduled at PGD for Tuesday, 8/29/23.
PARKING LOTS
- PGD’s parking lots are open and functioning!
- Parking fees will not be waived.
- PGD’s parking lots are for traveling passengers. Passengers with active Allegiant itineraries are advised to use long-term parking lots at PGD.
- Local residents are not encouraged to park at PGD during storm events.
- PGD does not have the resources to monitor all parked vehicles, nor will we report on the status of individual vehicles.
COMMUNITY
- PGD’s Bailey Terminal and AIRPORT FACILITIES ARE NOT PUBLIC HURRICANE SHELTERS.
- Please visit the Charlotte County Emergency Management website for the latest news and alerts.
AVIATION/TENANTS
- Our staff is planning to have all the gust locks secured at the T-hangars by EOD 8/28/23.
- We will have emergency staff at the airport monitoring the storm status throughout the event.
- Please check NOTAMs for any airport closures (excluding Emergency Aircraft).
- Access to the hangars during and after the storm may not be available due to power outages.
- The gates to the airside hangars will be manually secured with chain locks if winds are approaching 40-50 MPH.
- DO NOT SHELTER in your hangar or any airport facilities.
- The Self-Service Fuel Station will remain operational until it becomes unsafe.
- If you are having difficulty removing your gust locks after the storm has passed please contact 941-639-4119 for assistance.