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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
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport at 0mi : book on Iberia
- Destin Executive airport at 7mi : book on Trip.com
- 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
SPECI KVPS 060535Z AUTO 36006KT 10SM OVC004 10/10 A2999 RMK AO2 CIG 003 RWY12 CIG 003 RWY20 SLP163 $
Decoded METAR for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
METAR issued by KVPS on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 05:35 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 8 days and 195 hours and -11510 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 10°C = 50°F, dew point is 10°C = 50°F. The air is saturated with water : relative air humidity is 100 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 29.99inHg
Wind 11km/h = 6kt, direction is 360°.
Clouds : overcast at 400ft = 120m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor CIG 003 RWY12 CIG 003 RWY20 Sea Level Pressure SLP=163 $
TAF for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
KVPS 060200Z 0602/0708 01006KT 9999 -SHRA BKN005 OVC030 QNH2997INS BECMG 0606/0607 03006KT 9999 NSW BKN010 QNH3000INS TEMPO 0618/0623 9000 -SHRA OVC006 BECMG 0703/0704 09006KT 9999 OVC020 QNH2997INS TX14/0617Z TN11/0608Z
Decoded TAF for Destin-Ft Walton Beach airport KVPS VPS
TAF issued by KVPS on Friday, December 5, 2025 at 02:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 8 days and 6 hours and 45 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, December 5, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
0602/0708 01006KT 9999 -SHRA BKN005 OVC030 QNH2997INS
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 10°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
broken at 500ft = 150m overcast at 3000ft = 910m
becoming from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0606/0607 03006KT 9999 NSW BKN010 QNH3000INS
no significant weather
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1000ft = 300m
temporarily from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0618/0623 9000 -SHRA OVC006
Visibility is 9km = 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
overcast at 600ft = 180m
becoming from Saturday, December 6, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 7, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0703/0704 09006KT 9999 OVC020 QNH2997INS TX14/0617Z TN11/0608Z
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
overcast at 2000ft = 610m
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 Fort Walton-Destin Hospital heliport ( FD45) at 7mi↑
- 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 ( US-1977) at 9mi↑
- Beach Helicopter heliport ( 8FL5) at 9mi↑defunct airport
- Piccolo Field airport ( US-3725) at 9mi↑defunct airport
- Hurlburt Field airport (KHRT ) at 10mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Duke Field airport (KEGI EGI ) at 12mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Eglin Site B5 airport ( US-3996) at 12mi↑defunct airport
- Baldsiefen Field airport ( US-3722) at 13mi↑defunct airport
→ 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