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PBI Meaning

PBI Airport Meaning

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PBI Meaning:

PBI stands for Palm Beach International Airport


Located in West Palm Beach, Florida, PBI (Palm Beach International Airport) is classified as a medium hub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of PBI's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) Characteristics:

      City: West Palm Beach
      State: Florida
      FAA: Palm Beach International Airport
      IATA: PBI
      ICAO: KPBI
      Role: P-M

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


PBI is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding PBI, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

PBI meaning is Palm Beach International Airport.

Palm Beach International Airport can be abbreviated as PBI.

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