Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

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Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport
IATA: DSI – ICAO: KDTS – FAA: 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
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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]

[edit] 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, ha ha 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]