Is it safe to fly to/from Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)?

VPS has 2 accidents (1 fatal accident, 2 deaths, last 2011) in the NTSB record, 2008–2025. No accident rate is printed: no FAA ATADS movements are sourced for this airport.

AIRPORTS → VPS

VPS

Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport

Valparaiso, United States · KVPS

CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY

99.999993%

This is the worldwide boarding figure, not VPS's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. VPS's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.

FLIGHTS / YEAR

38.7M

DEATH RISK

1 / 13.7M boardings

SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED

AIRPORT FACTS

IATA / ICAOVPS / KVPS

CityValparaiso

CountryUnited States

Airport classMedium airport

Runways2

Longest runway3,659 m (12,004 ft)

Coordinates30.481, -86.516

Its longest runway beats 92% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports, public domain.

NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — VPS §

2 accidents (1 fatal accident, 2 deaths, last 2011) in the NTSB record, 2008–2025. §

No rate printed: no FAA ATADS movements are sourced for VPS — an accident count with no departures denominator isn't a rate.

NTSB Aviation Accident Database (avall.mdb)

Checked 2026-07-10.

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Statistically Fine — VPS — Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/VPS/
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We don't know which airlines or aircraft actually serve VPS — that data isn't wired in yet. These search the full sourced directories.

EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT VPS DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →

BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓

These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real VPS arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.

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