 northwest florida regional airport  is an airport within eglin air force base, near valparaiso and fort walton beach in okaloosa county, florida. no private aircraft are allowed, so destin-fort walton beach airport is used for non-commercial operations. the airport was called okaloosa regional airport until september 2008. northwest florida regional airport is served by the regional airline affiliates of american airlines, delta air lines, united airlines and us airways which fly nonstop regional jets to hubs in the southern and eastern united states. delta air lines mainline jets also fly to its hub in atlanta. in 2008 the faa recorded over 373,808 enplanements at the airport. ==history== 1957: the okaloosa county air terminal opened on eglin air force base in building 89 with 3 personnel (airport manager, security and admin support). southern airways was the only passenger airline, with douglas dc-3s direct to atlanta via several stops.timetableimages.com, jan. 7, 1958 southern timetable passengers entered the base through the east gate near valparaiso, thus the airport code of vps. southern would later upgrade their service into the airport with 40-passenger martin 404 propliner
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