Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport
VPS · KVPS · Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, Florida · Okaloosa County · map
Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport is a public-use airport owned by Usaf, 1 mile southwest of Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, Florida, 84 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 12,004 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (Jet A) and 2 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 15 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 19,875 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,158,722 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
Its FAA code is VPS, and its ICAO code is KVPS.
Where is Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
It is 1 mile southwest of Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, Florida, 84 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 12,004 feet long.
Does Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Nashville International, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain. Every route
Are there flight schools at Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
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 Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport?
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 Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VPS · ICAO KVPS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 84 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with approach control · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New Orleans sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 12,004 × 300 ft | Asphalt and concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 10,012 × 300 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 20: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.625 | Eglin |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 127.7 | Eglin |
| Ground | 121.8 | Eglin |
| Tower | 118.2 | Eglin |
| Tower (secondary) | 122.8 | Eglin |
| Approach and departure · Departure | 124.05 | Duke |
| Approach and departure · Approach arriving from headings 271 to 089 | 125.1 | Eglin |
| Approach and departure · Approach arriving from headings 090 to 270; VFR | 132.1 | Eglin |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Eglin |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Destin Executive (6 nm southeast), Bob Sikes Airport (18 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (24 nm northeast), Peter Prince Field (26 nm west).
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Destin Executive (6 nm southeast), Bob Sikes Airport (18 nm north), Defuniak Springs Airport (24 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
- Military.
- Rstrd to military aircraft and civil air carrier only.
- Runway dist mrkrs on both runways.
- See flip AP/1 rte and area restricted (FLORIDA-VALPARAISO) for bash, weather restrictions, and supplementary airport rmk.
- BAK-12B(B) (1625 feet).
- Hook MB100(B) (47 feet ovrn) hook BAK-12B(B) (1522 feet).
- Hook BAK-12B(B) (1778').
- Hook BAK-12B(B) (1663 feet) hook MB100(B) (49 feet ovrn).
- Runway 20 non-standard ALSF-1 length 1500'.
- First 1000 feet of runway 12/30 is concrete on both ends.
- Taxiway parl to runway 12/30 may be mistaken for runway.
- Heavy traffic 10 NM north of airport in the vicinity of crestview/bob sikes airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 11,098 departures from VPS in those twelve months, carrying 1,253,013 passengers in 1,598,346 seats (78% filled), to 71 destinations (1 abroad) on 13 airlines.
All 71 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| jets | 2 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,875, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 19,875 |
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 Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · Eglin Afb, 2 miles away
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Niceville, 4 miles away
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Fort Walton Beach, 7 miles away
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.
- 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 (4 nm) · (850) 585-7040 · [email protected]
- Anthony Cresswell private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Anthony Aviation LLC. - DPE Office3 · Destin, FL (6 nm) · (203) 631-9694 · [email protected]
- Russell Hardage private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Freeport, FL (21 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 (26 nm) · (262) 914-1915 · [email protected]
- Lamar Anthony Childs instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Aircraft Management Services · Milton, FL (26 nm) · (850) 602-3319 · [email protected]
- Rogers Alden Porter instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Milton, FL (26 nm) · (850) 582-2459 · [email protected]
- Douglas Dobson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola International Airport · Pensacola, FL (34 nm) · (850) 529-2727 · [email protected]
- Joseph Francis Cerwin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pensacola, FL (34 nm) · (850) 512-2159 · [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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Florida 6,103 since 1982 · 984 in the last ten years
- Eglin Aero Club 3 aircraft · flying club
- Bayou Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Emerald Coast Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,376 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Endeavor Air Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,292 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,168 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Nashville International (BNA) 814 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Allegiant Air
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 474 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) 442 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co.
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 414 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Scott Afb/Midamerica St. Louis (BLV) 392 flights in twelve months · Allegiant Air
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Florida 128 landing places
- Florida 21,705 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VPS.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 26, 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.