AOPA Airports: Destin-Fort Walton Beach (KDTS)

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Destin-Fort Walton Beach

Destin, FL
Phone: 850-651-7160
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Overview

Attendance:	Attended Year-round, 7 Days a Week,All
Tower:	No
Elevation:	22 ft (6.7 m) (Surveyed)
Location:	1.00 mi. E of Destin
Beacon:	Present (white-green)
Approaches:	RNAV, GPS
Runways:	14/32 Runway length: 5001 ft
Fees:	Parking, Tiedown, Hangar

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Minimum Fuel Prices

Jet-A-Premix	$ 5.69 (full service service)
100LL	$ 6.07 (full service service)
Jet A	$ 5.80 (full service)
100 LL	$ 6.60 (full service)

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Ifr Acft Remain on Ground - CTC Dep Control for Climb Out Instr and Ifr Release

All Acft CTC Eglin Cd on 121.6 or 127.7 for Atc Dep Instr Prior to Tkof

Exercise Extreme Vigilance Due to Close Proximity to Eglin Afb Lctd 6nm Nw of Arpt

Rwy 14/32 Has A 200' Stopway Both Ends

VFR & IFR dep must ctc Eglin clnc del prior to dep; Exercise Extreme Vigilance due to close proximity to Eglin AFB 6 NM NW of airport: Local high density traffic areas and restricted airspace; view a special advisory notice online at www.flydts.com

NOTAMs | TFR's

Runway 14/32

Dimensions:	5001 x 100ft. / 1524.3 x 30.5m	Weight Bearing Cap:	Single wheel: 38000 lb
Surface:	asphalt, no surface treatment, in good condition	Runway Edge Lights:	medium

#	Elev/Hdg	Markings	Approach Lights	Obstructions
14	21.5ft. MSL 143° mag 142° true 0.0% down	non-precision	visual glide slope: 4-Light/Left-Side PAPI	Trees, Both-Sides, 40 ft high, 1,581 ft from end, 34:1 clearance slope

32	20.2ft. MSL 323° mag 322° true 0.0% up	non-precision	visual glide slope: 4-Light/Left-Side PAPI	Building, ft of center, 34:1 clearance slope

Business/Service Information

Name		Location	Freq. Monitored	Main Phone
DESTIN JET	Maintenance $6.60 $6.07 $5.95 $5.69 Rentals Flight Training	DESTIN, FL 30.403231-86.477165	UNICOM: 123.075 ARINC: 131.825	850-424-6890
Miracle Strip Aviation, Inc.	Maintenance $5.80 $6.60 Rentals Flight Training	On field: CTR 30.396717-86.471071	UNICOM: 123.075 ARINC: 130.05	850-837-6135

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Services at this airport:

Services:
Engine Repair: MajorAirframe Repair: MajorBulk Oxygen: High/Low
Fuel: 100LL Low-Lead, Jet A
Transportation: Courtesy Car
Rental Cars:

Enterprise	Book Now!	866-315-9155
Hertz

Expand Nearby restaurants, attractions

Anchor 837-157337-1551

Destin 837-2411

Eglin AFB Armament Museum 15 mi

Fishing Fleet 2 mi

Gulfarium 5 mi

Beach 1/2 mi

nmrs 3 mi

Information above provided by the airport manager.
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19368DOUGBSHAW10/9/2012 3:03:55 PM UTC
Interesting..........went to rent a car for five days over Thanksgiving from Enterprise. If I desire to have the vehicle waiting for me at the FBO, it's $446 and my AOPA discount won't apply. Alternatively, if I don't mind being picked up by Enterprise and driven to an off airport branch, $155 after my 10% AOPA discount. I guess that's the price of convenience. Or the equivalent of nearly 50 gal of 100LL
17668WEAVERMT6/6/2012 4:48:57 PM UTC
Flew into DTS end of May, parked at DestinJet for 3 days while visiting family. Excellent service, friendly, helpful staff & line personnel. Rental car ready & waiting. Beautiful FBO. Highly recommended!
17657BOBDIAMOND26/5/2012 5:55:55 PM UTC
We flew or SR22 into Destin last Wednesday for a few days at the beach. It was our first time to land at the Destin airport and we left the airplane with Destin Jet. We were shuttled to the Hilton by one of the most interesting pilots you could hope to meet. It was Mr. Jack Marshall, who had an adventurous Air Force career, was a local flight instructor for decades, and at 80+ is still a PIC for the company jet. My wife and I enjoyed meeting him, and appreciated that he retrieved us personally from the hotel when it was time for us leave. The staff at Destin Jet, certainly including Jack, are the very best. I highly recommend their FBO.
13508DT193908/9/2011 2:08:32 PM UTC
Flew in last week. Miracle Strip Aviation was amazing!!! It was our first time there so they took $0.25 off each gallon of fuel. Paid $4.90 a gallon, cheaper than my home airport of LXT. Also there is a wide array of prices when you are looking for shuttle to and from the airport(We opted not to use Miracle's CC as we'd be there several days). We found that Beach Street Taxi was the most reasonable at $25 shuttle to and from(others wanted in excess of $50). Beach Street can be contacted at 850-650-1000. Very nice people with clean minivans.
12357012566815/18/2011 8:34:20 PM UTC
The first of april i parked with miracle strip and all went well. I even received a fuel discount for 60 gal of 25cents. Nice facility and wonderful cookies in the bakery box.
12109009427594/14/2011 1:55:52 PM UTC
My wife and I have flown to Destin several times over the last 10-12 years. Always had good service. We flew this time on 01/04/2011 and departed on 01/08/2011 and tried Destin Jet for the first time. The service and hospitality were exceptional. I had called the day before to ask for a reference for shuttle or taxi service to where we were staying, a good 20 minute drive and they volunteered to shuttle us there and back a week later. Could not have been more pleased, and this was a light twin not a corporate jet.
12031TELLIS14/2/2011 11:56:01 PM UTC
We have flown into Miracle Strip several times and have never been disappointed. They always are very welcoming and treat us like we arrived in a jet, not a 182! Had our rental car waiting for us on the ramp as soon as we arrived. Polite and helpful staff. We would recommend to everyone we know. Will definitely be back. (And you can't beat the cookies!!)
12013014043043/31/2011 2:40:51 PM UTC
I've always had a good experience here and the service is top-notch but the traffic is something to be cautious about. You can't beat the convenience to the resort areas but you pay for it with landing / tie down fees. Will try Destin Jet next time and see if the service matches up.
107010140658410/28/2010 5:04:05 PM UTC
I just called Destin Jet about flying in tomorrow. I talked to Krystal who was very nice and helpful. We plan to stay a couple of days and fly out on Sunday. I will return here and let you know how they treat me.
10607KURTVENABLE10/15/2010 6:45:46 PM UTC
My dad and I went here on 10/9/2010 in our 182. Destin Jet flagged us to park in front of the main door. The staff was very professional. We had asked for a rental car, they asked how long we would be there. When we told them it would just be for the after noon they handed us the keys to the courtesy car. I would recommend to anyone in the area to stop at Destin Jet and have a hamburger at "The Back Porch" and enjoy the Destin beach. And remember to contact Eglin Clearance before takeoff.
9664PYRPEAK7/21/2010 9:54:03 PM UTC
Flew in there for an overnight on way to KISM. Very much like the folks at Destin Jet. They shuttled us to our hotel, had good recommendations on restaurants. Other than a 'dive bombing' style approach having come in ovr Eglin getting in and out was very uneventful. Highly recommend Destin Jet! BTW the beaches were pristine - no traces of oil anywhere to be seen. Completely contrary to what the media wsa reporting. We were there over the 4th of July weekend.

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Operations & More Information

Lat/Long:	N30 24.0033' / W86 28.2884'30.4000549-86.4714729
Charts:	NACO: New Orleans Sectional
Mag Var:	01W (2000)
ARTCC:	Jacksonville (ZJX)
FSS:	Gainesville (GNV) 1-800-WXBRIEF
NOTAM Facility:	DTS
Approach/Departure Control Facility	VPS
Pattern Altitude:	Light Aircraft: 1000 MSL; Heavy Aircraft: 1500 MSL
Wind Indicator:	Lighted
Seg. Circle:	Yes
Lighting:	No data

Aircraft & Activity

Based GA Aircraft

Single Engine:	14
Multi Engine:	4
Jets:	4
Helicopters:	0
Gliders:
Ultralights:

Airport Activity

GA Local:	15,400
GA Itinerant:	46,700
Commercial:
Air Taxi:	600
Military:	300

(12-month period ending on 3/16/2011)

Air Safety Institute Resources

Accident Reports

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Type	Location/Call	Freq./Phone
Approach/Departure	Eglin	132.1
WX	N/A	133.925T (850-654-7128)
BASIC RDR SVC	Eglin	133.0
Clearance-Delivery	Eglin	121.6
Clearance-Delivery	Eglin	127.7
Clearance-Delivery	Eglin	121.6
CTAF	N/A	123.075
UNICOM	N/A	123.075

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ID	Type	Freq	Radial	Distance
DWG	TACAN	.0	151	5 nm
NGS	TACAN	.0	120	27 nm
CEW	VORTAC	115.9	154	28 nm
NSE	TACAN	.0	126	34 nm
PKZ	NDB	326.0	095	37 nm
NPA	TACAN	.0	085	44 nm
HLL	VORTAC	114.3	296	45 nm
NUN	VOR	108.8	094	45 nm

Contact Addresses

ASN Volunteer:	Owner:	Airport Manager:
James Link	Okaloosa County	Greg Donovan
	Board Of Commissioners, 101 East James Lee Boulevard	1701 State Road 85 North
	Crestview, FL 32536	Eglin Afb, FL 32542-1413
	850-689-5000 (Office)	850-651-7160 (Office)
Contact the ASN Volunteer
		Airport Manager Admin
Ext. 1004
Contact Person: Greg Donovan A.A.E. 850-651-7160 Fax: 850-651-7164

IAP	RNAV (GPS) RWY 14	207.1 KB
IAP	RNAV (GPS) RWY 32	224 KB
MIN	TAKEOFF MINIMUMS	161.4 KB
MIN	ALTERNATE MINIMUMS	34 KB