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Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport in Valparaiso (United State)
Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport is located near Valparaiso, with Eglin Village at 2mi↑, Valparaiso at 2mi↑, Eglin Air Force Base at 2mi↑, Niceville at 3mi↑, Lake Lorraine at 4mi↑, Ocean City at 6mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KVPS
- IATA code : VPS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 27 m = 89ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 12/30 : 3659m = 12005ft
- runway 01/19 : 3052m = 10013ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
Coming to Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport
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By plane :
- Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport at 0mi : book on Iberia
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- Duke Field airport at 12mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
METAR for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
KVPS 100355Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR 29/23 A3005 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP182 T02870233 $
Decoded METAR for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
METAR issued by KVPS on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 03:55 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 102 hours and -5745 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 70 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.05inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 270°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor LTG D snow T S Sea Level Pressure SLP=182 T02870233 $
TAF for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
KVPS 100100Z 1001/1107 24006KT 9999 FEW035 SCT200 QNH3004INS BECMG 1007/1008 27009KT 9999 FEW030 SCT060 QNH3001INS BECMG 1018/1019 22011KT 9000 -SHRA VCTS SCT035CB QNH3000INS TEMPO 1019/1022 22012G18KT 8000 -TSRA BKN030CB BECMG 1023/1024 24008KT 9999 NSW SCT030 SCT150 QNH3003INS TX34/1018Z TN25/1009Z
Decoded TAF for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
TAF issued by KVPS on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 01:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 9 hours and 10 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, July 9, 2025 à 01:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
1001/1107 24006KT 9999 FEW035 SCT200 QNH3004INS
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 3500ft = 1070m scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
becoming from Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1007/1008 27009KT 9999 FEW030 SCT060 QNH3001INS
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 3000ft = 910m scattered clouds at 6000ft = 1830m
becoming from Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1018/1019 22011KT 9000 -SHRA VCTS SCT035CB QNH3000INS
wind 11kt = 20km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is 9km = 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
in vicinity thunderstorm
scattered clouds at 3500ft = 1070m
temporarily from Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 22:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1019/1022 22012G18KT 8000 -TSRA BKN030CB
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is 8km = 5mi.
light intensity thunderstorm rain
broken at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Thursday, July 10, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, July 11, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1023/1024 24008KT 9999 NSW SCT030 SCT150 QNH3003INS TX34/1018Z TN25/1009Z
no significant weather
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m scattered clouds at 15000ft = 4570m
NOTAM for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport
Around Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport in Valparaiso (United State)
near
- Hotels in Eglin Village
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 915mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 998mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4512mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 4555mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 4555mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 4556mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 4556mi↑
- San Sebastian at 4556mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 4557mi↑
- Saint-Jean-de-Luz at 4570mi↑
- Hôtel Txoko (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4570mi↑
- Grand Hôtel Thalasso & Spa (Saint-Jean-de-Luz) at 4570mi↑
- for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport at 0mi↑
- for HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital airport at 4mi↑
- for Peel Field airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport in Valparaiso (United State)
- HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital heliport ( 6FL5) at 4mi↑
- Peel Field airport ( US-3726) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Ruckel airport ( FL17) at 6mi↑
- Destin Executive airport (KDTS DSI ) at 7mi↑METAR NOTAM
- HCA Florida Northwest Rehabilitation Center heliport ( 22FD) at 7mi↑
- Broadway Helicopters heliport ( FA14) at 7mi↑
- Fudruckers heliport ( FL25) at 8mi↑defunct airport
- Eglin Field Nr 2 airport ( US-FL35) at 8mi↑defunct airport
- Beach Helicopter heliport ( 8FL5) at 9mi↑defunct airport
- Beach Helicopter heliport ( US-1977) at 9mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap