KVPS — Eglin AFB/Destin-Ft Walton Beach
Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL · field elevation 84 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT-A/C
KVPS current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KVPS 252255Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 27/16 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP162 T02720158 FZRANO $
- Wind
- from 010° at 5 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 16 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,467 ft · pressure altitude 14 ft
- Observed
- 64 minutes ago
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48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 6 nm. Last image 5 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 500–5,400 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KVPS 251700Z 2517/2623 05010KT 9999 BKN020 QNH3005INS BECMG 2518/2519 02009KT 9999 FEW030 QNH3008INS TX26/2521Z TN20/2611Z
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Airport information
- Coordinates
- 30.48322, -86.52604
- Elevation
- 84 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1136Z / 2339Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 3°W (2020)
- Fuel
- A
- Sectional
- New Orleans
- County
- Okaloosa, FL
Airport diagram
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Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 12,004 | 300 | ASPH-CONC | HIGH |
| 02/20 | 10,012 | 300 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 134.625
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 118.2
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 122.8
- Ground
- 121.8
- Clearance
- 127.7
- Approach 271-089
- 125.1
- Approach 090-270
- 132.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — ILS/DME
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KDTS Destin Exec6 nm
- KHRT Hurlburt Fld9 nm
- KEGI Duke Fld,(Eglin Af Aux Nr 3)10 nm
- KCEW Bob Sikes18 nm
- KNFJ Choctaw Nolf22 nm
- KNDZ Whiting Fld NAS South28 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KVPS airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Florida airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.