FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | DTS |
Lat/Long: | 30-24-00.1970N 086-28-17.3000W 30-24.003283N 086-28.288333W 30.4000547,-86.4714722 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 22.6 ft. / 6.9 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 01W (2000) |
From city: | 1 mile E of DESTIN, FL |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 32541 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 02/1965 |
Control tower: | yes |
ARTCC: | JACKSONVILLE CENTER |
FSS: | GAINESVILLE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | DTS (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | 0600-2200 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT PAPI RWY 14 & 32; HIRL RWY 14/32 - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF: | 118.45 |
ATIS: | 133.925 |
WX ASOS: | 133.925 (850-654-7128) |
DESTIN GROUND: | 121.6 [0600-2200] |
DESTIN TOWER: | 118.45 [0600-2200] |
EGLIN APPROACH: | 132.1 |
EGLIN DEPARTURE: | 132.1 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 121.6 127.7 ;WHEN TWR CLSD |
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
CEWr154/27.7 | | CRESTVIEW VORTAC | | 115.90 | | 03E |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | HIGH |
Bulk oxygen: | HIGH/LOW |
Runway Information
Runway 14/32
Dimensions: | 5001 x 100 ft. / 1524 x 30 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | PCN 25 /F/B/W/T | Single wheel: | 38.0 | Double wheel: | 67.0 | Double tandem: | 113.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 14 | | RUNWAY 32 |
Latitude: | 30-24.328927N | | 30-23.677627N |
Longitude: | 086-28.580440W | | 086-27.996263W |
Elevation: | 22.2 ft. | | 21.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 143 magnetic, 142 true | | 323 magnetic, 322 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) RWY 14 PAPI UNA BYD 6 DEG L OF RCL. | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) RWY 32 PAPI UNUSABLE BEYOND 7 DEGREES LEFT AND RIGHT OF CNTRLN. |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 37 ft. trees, 1485 ft. from runway, 100 ft. left of centerline, 34:1 slope to clear | | 117 ft. bldg, lighted, 4880 ft. from runway, 325 ft. right of centerline, 40:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | OKALOOSA CO BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 302 N. WILSON ST. - SUITE 302 CRESTVIEW, FL 32536 Phone 850-689-5000 |
Manager: | TRACY STAGE 1701 STATE ROAD 85 NORTH EGLIN AFB, FL 32542-1413 Phone 850-651-7160 EXT 4 |
Additional Remarks
- | EXERCISE VIGILANCE DUE TO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EGLIN AFB LCTD 6 NM NW. |
- | ALL ACFT CTC EGLIN CD ON 127.7 FOR ATC DEP INSTR PRIOR TO TKOF WHEN TWR CLSD. |
- | WHEN TWR CLSD; IFR ACFT RMN ON GND & CTC DEP CTL FOR CLIMB OUT INSTR & IFR RLS. |
- | ARPT COND UNMON. |
- | PARASAILING & BANNER TOWING WI 5 NM. |
- | CAUTION: MEN & EQUIP ON & INVOF SAFETY AREA. |
- | FOR FBO SERVICES CONTACT 130.05. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 15 May 2025 at 0901Z to 13 June 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 14 **CHANGED** | |
download (265KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 32 **CHANGED** | |
download (252KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (123KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (408KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KVPS - Eglin Air Force Base/Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (6 nm NW)
KHRT - Hurlburt Field Airport (11 nm W)
KEGI - Duke Field (Eglin AF Aux Nr 3) Airport (15 nm N)
KCEW - Bob Sikes Airport (23 nm N)
54J - DeFuniak Springs Airport (26 nm NE)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by David W. Oehler
Photo taken 03-Mar-2017
looking northwest.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 18-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:24 | | 10:24 |
Sunrise | | 05:51 | | 10:51 |
Sunset | | 19:34 | | 00:34 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:00 | | 01:00 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 18-May-2025 18:09:30 |
Local (UTC-5) | 18-May-2025 13:09:30 |
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METAR |
KDTS | 181753Z 20006KT 10SM FEW011 30/24 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP160 T03000244 10300 20267 50003
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KVPS 5nm NW | 181800Z AUTO 17011KT 10SM SCT023 SCT120 BKN150 BKN200 30/23 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP165 $
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KHRT 10nm W | 181755Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM FEW018 SCT190 30/23 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 60000 T02950234 10298 20234 50003 $
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KEGI 14nm N | 181755Z AUTO 18009KT 10SM FEW150 FEW180 32/21 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T03220214 10327 20227 58002 $
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TAF |
KVPS 5nm NW | 181700Z 1817/1923 19009KT 9999 SCT020 BKN160 QNH2990INS BECMG 1910/1911 19012KT 9999 SCT018 QNH2993INS TEMPO 1911/1913 BKN018 TX30/1817Z TN21/1908Z
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KHRT 10nm W | 181445Z 1814/1915 20006KT 9999 SCT015 QNH2995INS BECMG 1819/1820 20012KT 9999 SCT100 QNH3000INS BECMG 1902/1903 18004KT 9999 FEW100 SCT150 QNH2996INS TX30/1819Z TN22/1910Z
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NOTAMs |
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