PVD Departures
Address: 2000 Post Rd, Warwick, RI 02886, United States
Code: PVD
Height: 17 m
Phone: +1 401-737-8222
Hub for: Wiggins Airways
Providence departures: busiest Airport of Rhodes Island
Providence airport is what Theodore Francis Green Airport is called in general. It is situated in Warwick, Rhodes Island. It is located 6 miles south of Providence which is the largest city in the state. The airport is a public airport and is the first state-owned one in the United States. It is built in the year of 1931 and was named after the governor and senator Theodore Francis Green. In the RIAC circuit, it has most PVD airport departures and is the largest airport. Later the airport got renovated in 1996.
Terminals
The terminal of the airports is named as Bruce Sundlun terminal, after the former governor. There is a north concourse and a south concourse. There are 14 gates on the north concourse and eight gates on the south concourse. At gates 7 and 8 are PVD flight departures with international routes and connected to customs on the lower level. The terminal is well maintained with cafes, restaurants, and stores. With two levels the Providence flight departures start at level 2. First you arrive in the terminal and start ticketing. After that you go through security to the departures hall for boarding.
At level 1 is the arrivals hall with baggage claim and transportation area.
Transportation
One can reach the airport by road or by rail besides air of course. The airport is well connected to the I-95 freeway. One can take a taxi or limousine service to the airport. There is also a bus transportation service that runs to and from Newport and Kennedy Plaza, Providence.
The airport is also well connected by MBTA commuter rail. There is a providence line passing through the northeast corridor, and the terminal has a station. This line has PVD departures that connects the Providence to Boston and NYC.
Airlines and destinations
Several airlines use the airport for seasonal and daily Providence airport departures. The seasonal airlines and destinations that use the airport for departures are:
- Allegiant airlines: this airline’s seasonal destinations through this airport are Punta Gorda, Myrtle Beach, and Cincinnati.
- Air Canada airlines offers PVD airport departures that one can reach with this seasonal airline to Toronto-Pearson in Canada.
- Delta has a seasonal route to Detroit.
- Frontier airlines: the current destinations with seasonal flights are going to Tampa and Fort Myers.
- Southwest airlines: the seasonal destinations by this airline are West Palm Beach and Fort Myers.
- Southern airways express: there is only one destination with Providence departures that one can reach through this airline on a seasonal basis which is Nantucket.
- Sun country airlines: This airline flies to the seasonal destination of Minneapolis/St. Paul.
The regular round the year airlines and destinations that depart from are:
- American eagle: PVD flight departures with the destinations covered all around the year are Chicago-O’Hare, Washington, Charlotte, and Philadelphia.
- American airlines: the regular destinations by this airline are Philadelphia and Charlotte.
- Delta airlines: there are Providence flight departures to Atlanta.
- Frontier Airlines: Miami Orlando is the regular destination by this airline.
- Jet blue: the regular PVD departures are Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Fort Myers.
- Southwest airlines: regular destinations by this airline are Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Baltimore, Washington, and Chicago-midway.
- United Express: one can reach Washington-Dulles, Chicago-O’Hare, and Newark from this airport.
In and around the early 2000s, the airport’s passenger traffic was high and reached upwards of 5 million annually. In the last few years, the numbers have dropped and have reached around 3 million annually. The most Providence airport departures business routes are north Carolina, Charlotte, and the most popular airlines booked are Frontier Airlines, American Airlines, Jetblue, and Southwest airlines.