Porter County Regional Airport

Airport in Valparaiso, Indiana
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VPZ is located in the United States
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 7,001 2,134 Asphalt
18/36 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2013)69,888
Based aircraft (2017)146
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Porter County Regional Airport (IATA: VPZ, ICAO: KVPZ, FAA LID: VPZ) (formerly Porter County Municipal Airport)[3] is a public use airport one mile (1.6 km) southeast of the central business district of Valparaiso, a city in Porter County, Indiana, United States. The Porter County Municipal Airport Authority owns the airport.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Porter County Regional Airport covers 718 acres (291 ha) at an elevation of 770 feet (235 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 7,001 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).[2]

For period ending December 31, 2013, the airport had 69,888 aircraft operations, an average of 191 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In January 2017, there were 146 aircraft based at this airport: 128 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 6 jet, 4 helicopter and 1 ultralight.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Porter County Regional Airport". AirNav, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for VPZ PDF, effective Jan 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Porter Co. airport now called ‘regional’
  • Porter County Regional Airport, official site
  • Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
  • Aerial photo as of 11 April 1998 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for VPZ, effective July 11, 2024
  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for VPZ
    • AirNav airport information for KVPZ
    • ASN accident history for VPZ
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures


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