Destin Executive
DTS · KDTS · Destin, Florida · Okaloosa County · map
Destin Executive is a public-use airport owned by Okaloosa CO, 1 mile east of Destin, Florida, 23 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDTS · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind variable at 4 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 1,900 feet
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDTS 061953Z VRB04G16KT 10SM BKN019 25/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP118 T02500206
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DTS · ICAO KDTS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Okaloosa CO
- Elevation
- 23 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 37 ft high 1,485 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, building 117 ft high 4,880 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.45 | Destin |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Dts and automated weather (ASOS) | 133.925 | Destin |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.6 | Destin |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 127.7 | Destin |
| Approach and departure | 132.1 | Destin |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 850-654-7128.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Destin from the FAA register
106 aircraft are registered to owners in Destin, Florida: 46 piston singles, 36 helicopters, 9 business jets, 6 turboprops, 5 piston twins. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Florida.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 21 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate PAPI runway 14 and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ext 4
- Exercise vigilance due to close proximity to eglin afb located 6 NM northwest.
- All aircraft contact eglin clearance delivery on 127.7 for air traffic control departure instr prior to takeoff when tower closed.
- When tower closed; IFR aircraft rmn on gnd and contact departure control for climb out instr and IFR rls.
- Airport condition unmon.
- Parasailing and banner towing WI 5 NM.
- Caution: men and equip on and in the vicinity of safety area.
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 5, 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.