Uber / Lyft · About 15–25 minutes to downtown Pensacola in clear traffic
Where they are
One map, pinned from each airport’s published coordinates.
Category scores
Overall is the published weighted sum. A highlighted score is ahead; a tie stays plain.
Ease of use
25% · Wayfinding, security wait, and layout.
MOB8.5
PNS8.6+0.1
Comfort & amenities
20% · Seating, Wi-Fi, cleanliness, and quiet.
MOB7.5+0.1
PNS7.4
Food & retail
15% · Food and retail quality and variety.
MOB7.2
PNS7.4+0.2
Ground access
15% · Transit, taxi, and parking to the city.
MOB7.4+0.1
PNS7.3
Reliability
15% · Delays, cancellations, and weather resilience.
MOB7.4+0.5
PNS6.9
Lounges
10% · Worth-it density and access quality.
MOB5.0+3.0
PNS2.0
Best for
MOB
Drive-up Gulf Coast trips that want leftover $10 Long-Term after 15 free minutesSame-day DFW / CLT / ATL / IAH / IAD banks that will buy the airport Executive Club at Customer ServiceArrivals who will take official leftover Uber/Lyft at the southwest corner or a bag-claim rental rather than wait for a bus the official card does not print
PNS
Gulf Coast trips on the seven live airline logos (American, Breeze, Contour, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, United)Drivers using the free cell lot or the $9 long-term / Lots 1–3 productBudget riders on ECAT Route 63 at $1.75 (printed on goecat.com, not the official PNS transport page)
Watch out for
MOB
Official July 3 2025 leftover Fall 2026 BFM opening vs al.com May 2026 leftover Q1 2027 / date elusive — live 15 Sep 2026 flights are still at MOBOfficial COVID leftover still prints a 31 Mar 2020 Executive Club closure while the homepage and Customer Service still sell itOfficial transportation card does not print a city bus; Second Line leftover launches 28 Sep 2026AirNav leftover 11 miles west vs Wikipedia leftover 13 miles west; Acting ED leftover 1891 9th Street (BFM admin) vs terminal 8400 Airport Blvd
PNS
No passenger lounge and no Priority Pass — the amenities card’s “USO Lounge” is military families onlyCLEAR is not at PNSChick-fil-A is closed Sundays; Sambazon is 4:00–7:00 p.m. onlyNonstop intro leftover still says eight airlines — live logos and the statistics page say seven
Amenities and tips
MOB
Chart Room, Cruise City, HudsonLong-Term parking $10 after 15 free minutesExecutive Club (airport pay lounge)Free Mobile Airport Wi-Fi (no password)Mother's Room after TSAHudson News after TSA
Treat 4:00 a.m. as the terminal leftover clock
Official leftover arrive 90 minutes before domestic flights and be at the gate 30 minutes prior. Peak leftover Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday.
One hall — buy the club landside, fly from the second floor
Ticketed passengers use one civil hall. Official leftover TSA, gates, Chart Room, Cruise City, Hudson, and the Executive Club sit after the second-floor checkpoint.
Chart Room leftover 6 a.m.–6 p.m.; everything else is unpublished
Official leftover Chart Room Bar is the only shop-dine card with a printed clock: 6:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. seven days, after TSA.
PNS
One TSA, 12 gatesNo passenger loungeChick-fil-A, Beach House, Einstein, SambazonFree Wi-Fi (SSID unpublished)USO Center and Pup PatrolOn-terminal rentals plus Turo
Official clock is 2 hours — TSA prints 3:45 a.m.
Homepage and flight-status: TSA opens at 3:45 a.m. All passengers are told to arrive 2 hours before departure. There is no official live wait tile on those pages — they point at a Live TSA Wait Times widget.
One TSA, then 12 gates on one sterile walk
Ticketing and security are Level 2. Bags, rentals, and ground transport are Level 1 south. After screening you stay sterile — wrong gate is a walk, not a reclear.
Chick-fil-A skips Sunday; Sambazon is a late window
OHM runs Beach House, Einstein Bros. Bagels, Chick-fil-A, and Sambazon. Paradies runs the newsstands. Almost everything useful is past TSA except the landside Einstein / shop hours.
MOB · A compact second-floor-TSA west-Mobile hall with leftover $10 Long-Term and a pay Executive Club — no Priority Pass pin, a BFM move that is leftover Fall 2026 vs leftover Q1 2027, and a live 15 Sep 2026 FIDS that is still American Eagle, Delta, and United Express only.
PNS · Pensacola put 3,116,318 people through one TSA and 12 gates in 2025: easy when the bank is quiet, Chick-fil-A is closed on Sunday, and there is still no passenger lounge.
