Northwest Florida Regional Airport
Northwest Florida Regional Airport Eglin Air Force Base | |||||||||||||||
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 USGS aerial photo as of 15 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | United States Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Fort Walton Beach, Destin | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Valparaiso, Florida | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 87 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 30°29′00″N 086°31′31″W / 30.48333°N 86.52528°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.FlyVPS.com | ||||||||||||||
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Northwest Florida Regional Airport (airport code KVPS) serves the city of Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
The following Airlines serve Northwest Florida Regional Airport:[2]
Facilities and aircraft[change | change source]
Northwest Florida Regional Airport and Eglin Air Force Base share two runways: 12/30 with a 12,005 x 300 ft (3,659 x 91 m) asphalt/concrete surface and 1/19 with a 10,012 x 300 ft (3,052 x 91 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2006, the airport had 126,060 aircraft operations, an average of 345 per day: 71% military, 19% scheduled commercial, 8% general aviation and 2% air taxi.[1]
The airport has a 110,000 sq. ft. airport passenger terminal building. It has three second-level gates with passenger jet ways and three ground-level commuter gates with regional jet boarding bridges
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