AirportsDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Valparaiso, in Florida, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VPS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VPS
- ICAO code
- KVPS
- City
- Valparaiso
- State or region
- Florida
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 30.4813° N, 86.5158° W
- Elevation
- 27 m (87 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,659 m (12,004 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VPS means Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KVPS. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.4813° N, 86.5158° W. It stands 27 metres (87 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Mobile, about 148 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,659 metres (12,004 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 28.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,659 m 12,004 ft | 91 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 02/20 | 3,052 m 10,012 ft | 91 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Destin Executive AirportDestin | DSI | 10 km |
| Pensacola International AirportPensacola | PNS | 64 km |
| Northwest Florida Beaches International AirportPanama City Beach | ECP | 70 km |
| Dothan Regional AirportDothan | DHN | 138 km |
| Mobile Regional AirportMobile | MOB | 167 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,224 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 14,078 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,608 km | 15 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,149 km | 9 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,610 km | 2 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,013 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,305 km | 20 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,222 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,645 km | 18 h 10 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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