# Fort Walton Beach Airport (1J9)

**Fort Walton Beach Airport** (FAA: 1J9) is a small airport in Navarre, Florida, United States. It opened in May 1969. It has one runway, 2,100 ft (640 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/1j9

## At a glance

- FAA: 1J9
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Navarre, Florida, United States
- Opened: May 1969
- Elevation: 22 ft / 7 m
- Coordinates: 30.4063, -86.8291
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 ft / 640 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5472240
- Weather station: KHRT · WMO 74777
- Ident: 1J9

## Timeline

- May 1969: Fort Walton Beach Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,100 ft / 640 m | 65 ft / 20 m | Grass | 181° / 001° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,100 ft / 640 m | =23,712 of 29,858 | =11,280 in North America | =9,864 in US |
| Elevation | 22 ft / 7 m | =41,157 of 43,403 | =18,579 in North America | =15,225 in US |
| Age | Opened 1969 | =6,015 of 15,079 | =4,280 in North America | =4,191 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [KNGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kngs.md) Santa Rosa Naval Outlying Field Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [FL34](https://dromopedia.com/airports/fl34.md) Eglin Test Site B6 Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [KZ01](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kz01.md) Eglin Auxiliary Field 6 Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/1j9/data