- Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
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Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport IATA: DSI – ICAO: KDTS – FAA LID: DTS Summary Airport type Public Owner/Operator Okaloosa County Location Destin, Florida Elevation AMSL 23 ft / 7 m Coordinates 30°24′00″N 086°28′17″W / 30.4°N 86.47139°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 4,999 1,524 Asphalt Statistics (1999) Aircraft operations 63,000 Based aircraft 75 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (IATA: DSI, ICAO: KDTS, FAA LID: DTS) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Destin, a city in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Okaloosa County.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is assigned DTS by the FAA and DSI by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KDTS. [2]
Facilities and aircraft
Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport covers an area of 395 acres (160 ha) which contains one asphalt runway (14/32): 4,999 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m).[1]
For 12-month period ending November 19, 1999, the airport had 63,000 aircraft operations, an average of 172 per day: 99% general aviation (62,100), 1% air taxi (600) and <1% military (300). There are 75 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single engine (50), 24% multi engine (18), 7% jet aircraft (5) and 3% helicopters (2).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for DTS (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 15 March 2007
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: DSI / KDTS - Destin, Florida (Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport)
External links
- Okaloosa County Airports System
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KDTS
- ASN accident history for DSI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KDTS
Categories:- Airports in Florida
- Transportation in Okaloosa County, Florida
- Buildings and structures in Okaloosa County, Florida
- Southern United States airport stubs
- Florida geography stubs
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