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]

Porter County Regional Airport
IATA: VPZ ICAO: KVPZ FAA LID: VPZ
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Porter County Municipal Airport Authority
Location	Valparaiso, Indiana
Opened	November 1950 (1950-11)[1]
Elevation AMSL	770 ft / 235 m
Coordinates	41°27′14″N 087°00′26″W
Website	www.VPZ.org
Map
VPZ Location of airport in Indiana / United States Show map of Indiana VPZ VPZ (the United States) Show map of the United States
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]

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]

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 September 8, 2022
• 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