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Market Access Overview

Baldwin County provides strategic market access to companies seeking to tap the Southeastern market. For example:

The Port of Mobile is the 9th largest U.S. ports, measuring over 4,000 acres, responsible for 66,000+ jobs, and has an $263 million dollar economic impact.

Miles from Baldwin County to Major Cities

Atlanta, GA 343
Birmingham, AL 250
Charleston, SC 586
Chicago, IL 859
Cleveland, OH 714
Dallas, TX 590
Denver, CO 1,363
Detroit, MI 967
Houston, TX 485
Indianapolis, IN 715
Kansas City, KS 822
Los Angeles, CA 1,979
Memphis, TN 367
Miami, FL 719
Milwaukee, WI 939
Minneapolis, MN 1,189
New Orleans, LA 150
New York, NY 1,191
Omaha, NE 1,022
Pittsburg, PA 985
Portland, OR 2,622
San Antonio, TX 657
San Francisco, CA 2,347
St. Louis, MO 635
bulletHighway: Interstate 65 & 10; Federal: 98, 90, 31; state: 59,104,181,182
bullet60 Miles of Interstate Highways
bulletInterstate Off Ramps

 

bulletTruck:  65 Carriers are Licensed to Serve the Mobile MSA
bulletSeven Terminals are Located in Baldwin County
bulletFifty Terminals are Located in the Mobile MSA and Eight Offer Container Service
bulletRail:  Class I, Mainline Service Provided by CSX Rail in Bay Minette

CSX Rail

Photo courtesy of Port of Mobile

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Intermodal Ramp Facility - Mobile

 

bulletCommercial Air:  Located at Mobile Regional Airport and Pensacola Regional
bulletTotal of 108 Flights per Day Combining Both Airports
bulletService:  AirTran, ASA, American, American Eagle, Continental and Continental Express, Continental Connections, Delta, Northwest Airlink, Skywest, United Express, US Airways
bulletCargo:  UPS and FedEx maintain Terminals in Mobile and Pensacola

 

bulletGeneral Aviation Air:  Four Municipal Airports Offering Lighted Approach : (Bay Minette, Fairhope, Foley, and Gulf Shores)
bulletAll four with Instrument Approach
bulletJack Edwards Airport has a full ILS approach system
Municipal Airport Runway Length
Bay Minette Municipal Airport 5,497' x 80'
Foley Municipal Airport 3,700' x 75'

Jack Edwards Airport

(City of Gulf Shores)

6,962' x 100'

3,596' x 75'

H. L. "Sonny" Callahan Airport

(City of Fairhope)

6,604' x 75'

 

 

bulletLocal Public Bus:  Baldwin Rural Area Transportation (BRATS) Network
bulletWith 24 Routes this service transports individuals to work, daily appointments, to shop, buy groceries, visit with friends or hang out at the beach.

 

bulletGeneral Inter-City Bus Service:  Greyhound and Trailways

 

bulletParcel:  UPS, Fed-Ex, DHL, Airborne
bulletUPS Maintains a Terminal in Robertsdale
bulletMobile Container Terminal
bulletPorts: 
bulletPort of Mobile, Mobile;
bulletAlabama State Docks, Mobile;
bulletPort of Pensacola, Pensacola

 

Port of Mobile

Photo courtesy of Port of Mobile

bulletNavigable Waterways:
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Intracoastal Waterway

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Tensaw River

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Mobile River

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Mobile Ship Channel

Port of Pensacola

Photo courtesy of Port of Pensacola

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