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About Fort Walton Beach, FL

Fort Walton Beach is a Florida Panhandle beach town connected by US-98 along the coast and SR-85 from I-10. The area sits between Choctawhatchee Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, accessible via several bridges to barrier islands. Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport is 15 minutes northeast. The town centers around a 1,200-year-old Native American ceremonial mound that's one of the largest prehistoric earthworks on the Gulf Coast.

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Fort Walton Beach, FL is in United States, at 30.425, -86.622 - about 2 km west of Cinco Bayou, FL.

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What is the closest airport to Fort Walton Beach, FL?

The closest airport to Fort Walton Beach, FL is Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, 16 km (about 20 min by car). Other airports nearby: Destin Executive Airport, Pensacola International Airport.

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