Porter County Regional Airport
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Direction | Length | Surface | |
---|---|---|---|
ft | m | ||
9/27 | 7,001 | 2,134 | Asphalt |
18/36 | 4,001 | 1,220 | Asphalt |
Aircraft operations (2013) | 69,888 |
---|---|
Based aircraft (2017) | 146 |
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
External links
- 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 August 8, 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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