Airport director resigns

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- After two years of leadership at the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport in West Bay, airport Executive Director John Wheat has resigned. Wheat said Tuesday that he accepted a new position as the director of the Sacramento County, Calif., Airport System, where he will oversee one international airport and three reliever airports. Wheat was recruited by officials in the Sacramento County Airport System, which boasts a passenger traffic count of about 9 million per year with 14 airlines. His resignation is effective April 5. (Source: Panama City News Herald, 03/12/13)