The airport authority originally decided to name it Northwest Florida–Panama City International Airport, but airlines and the general public asked the airport authority to use a more regional name. 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. The airport opened for commercial flights on May 23, 2010, and is the first international airport in the United States designed and built since the September 11 attacks.

It replaced Panama City–Bay County International Airport (Fannin Field, PFN), which was located in Panama City.

The airport is owned by the Panama City-Bay County Airport & Industrial District, and is north of Panama City Beach, near West Bay.

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, in Bay County.

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