Destin Emergency Care Center Heliport
22FD · Destin, Florida · Okaloosa County · map
Destin Emergency Care Center Heliport is a private heliport owned by Ft Walton Beach Medical Center in Destin, Florida, 13 feet above sea level. Its landing pad, H1, is 20 by 20 feet of concrete.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The heliport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 22FD
- Kind
- Heliport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ft Walton Beach Medical Center
- Elevation
- 13 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2007
Landing pad
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Pad | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| H1 | 20 × 20 ft | Concrete |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this heliport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Destin Executive (0 nm north), Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport (6 nm northwest), Bob Sikes Airport (23 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (26 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Destin Executive (0 nm north), Bob Sikes Airport (23 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (26 nm northeast), Peter Prince Field (31 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Florida · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR operations, pvt use, area is marked, wind indicator is maintained, all approach/departure from 180 to 360 degrees.
- All dept helos contact eglin clnc dlvy on 121.6 or 122.7
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Destin from the FAA register
107 aircraft are registered to owners in Destin, Florida: 46 piston singles, 36 helicopters, 10 business jets, 6 turboprops, 5 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this heliport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this heliport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Florida.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Destin, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Hangar 6 Aviation LLC Hangar Six is an FAA Part 145 repair station at Greenville Municipal Airport in South Carolina that provides aircraft maintenance, inspections, avionics installations, and pre-purchase evaluations.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · Eglin Afb, 7 miles away
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Niceville, 9 miles away
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Walton Beach, 9 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Destin:
- Vsc Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate Vertol Systems Company conducts worldwide aviation operations, maintenance, and training.
Repair stations in Destin:
Companies in the same town as this heliport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this heliport
Accidents and incidents at or near this heliport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this heliport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this heliport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Destin 107 aircraft · 46 piston singles, 36 helicopters, 10 business jets
- Vertol Systems CO INC 26 aircraft in town
- Vertol Systems Company INC 16 aircraft in town
- Coastal Investments LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Vlahos Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Hangar 6 Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Vsc Aviation INC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Vsc Aircraft Maintenance LLC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,711 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/22FD.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.