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 based aircraft. 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.
Weather right now KVPS · observed 5:55 pm CDT (22:55 UTC), 35 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 12 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,600 feet
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:41 pm CDT (20:41 UTC), good until Wed 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC)
- From Tue 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, gusting to 15, a broken layer at 2,000 feet MVFR
- Changing between Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC) and 10:00 pm CDT (03:00 UTC) to: wind from the east at 10 knots, scattered clouds at 1,800 feet, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
- Changing between Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC) and 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC) to: wind from the northeast at 10 knots, a few clouds at 3,000 feet, scattered clouds at 10,000 feet
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVPS 062255Z AUTO 07012G17KT 10SM OVC026 26/21 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP124 T02600208 FZRANO $
TAF AMD KVPS 062041Z 0620/0723 05010G15KT 9999 BKN020 QNH2985INS BECMG 0702/0703 09010KT 9999 SCT018 OVC025 QNH2992INS BECMG 0715/0716 05010KT 9999 FEW030 SCT100 QNH2991INS TX26/0621Z TN21/0712Z
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 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
- Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 19,875, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 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.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.