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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 96 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 84,081 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,747 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Destin Executive?
Its FAA code is DTS, and its ICAO code is KDTS.
Where is Destin Executive?
It is 1 mile east of Destin, Florida, 23 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Destin Executive?
Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,001 feet long, asphalt.
Does Destin Executive have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Destin Executive?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Destin Executive?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Eglin Aero Club and Bayou Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Destin Executive?
9 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Destin Executive…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport (6 nm northwest), Bob Sikes Airport (23 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (26 nm northeast).
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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 54 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 21 |
| helicopters | 6 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 84,081, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 306 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,628 |
| general aviation, travelling | 63,762 |
| general aviation, local | 14,067 |
| military | 1,318 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 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, 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, 6 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 airport, 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 training center evaluator, 2 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Anthony Cresswell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Anthony Aviation LLC. - DPE Office3 · Destin, FL (0 nm) · (203) 631-9694 · [email protected]
- Robert Burnet private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Niceville, FL (7 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
- Russell Hardage private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Freeport, FL (19 nm) · (850) 830-7842 · [email protected]
- Dennis Allan Sherwood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Aircraft Management Services (AMS) · Milton, FL (31 nm) · (262) 914-1915 · [email protected]
- Lamar Anthony Childs instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Aircraft Management Services · Milton, FL (31 nm) · (850) 602-3319 · [email protected]
- Rogers Alden Porter instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Milton, FL (31 nm) · (850) 582-2459 · [email protected]
- Michele Lea Keilman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Panama City Beaches International Airport · Panama City, FL (35 nm) · (813) 417-8910 · [email protected]
- Douglas Dobson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola, FL (37 nm) · (850) 529-2727 · [email protected]
All 43 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- 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/DTS.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.