Getting There

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Flying in

Most flights come into the Florida Panhandle via Atlanta and then a connection flight will take air travelers to either the Okaloosa Regional Airport (VPS), Panama City-Bay County International Airport or the Pensacola International Airport. Delta, USAir Express and Northwest Airlink service the Panama City-Bay County International Airport. Delta, Northwest, Air Tran and American service the Okaloosa Air Terminal in Fort Walton Beach. Private airports are also found in DeFuniak Springs and Destin.

After arriving at the airport travelers will need to make arrangements for a rental car, limousine service, shuttle or cab service to get to their Walton County Destination. Please reference the business directory for Chamber members who provide airport transportation services.


A beautiful drive

Interstate I-10 is the East/West access to the Walton Area. Simply turn off at the DeFuniak Springs Exit and then take U.S. Highway 331 South to get to Santa Rosa Beach and the Walton Area. U.S. Highway 98 runs East/West through the south end of the Bay, Okaloosa and Walton Counties.


CITY MILES DRIVE TIME
 Atlanta 321 5:54
 Birmingham 253 4:48
 Charleston 542 10:55
 Charlotte 560 12:15
 Chicago 952 19:00
 Dallas 764 14:43
 Detroit 1014 20:00
 Houston 590 11:29
 Jackson, MS 317 8:19
 Jacksonville 305 5:52
 Little Rock 662 14:35
 Los Angeles 2142 39:44
 Louisville 657 13:39
 Memphis 525 12:00
 Miami 641 12:00
 Milwaukee 1051 20:52
 Minneapolis 1367 26:38
 Nashville 482 10:28
 New Orleans 272 4:40
 New York 1243 23:00
 Orlando 399 7:35
 San Francisco 2400 44:49
 St Louis 770 14:50
 Tampa 417 7:55
 Toronto 1104 21:15

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