KVPZ Porter County Regional Airport
Valparaiso, IN · 1 mile SE of VALPARAISO, IN
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KVPZ
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 770.3 ft
- Coordinates
- 41-27-14.3000N 087-00-25.5000W
- Lat / Long
- 41.4539722, -87.0070833
- Mag. variation
- 02W (1985)
- Time zone
- UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 11/1950
- ARTCC
- CHICAGO CENTER
- FSS
- TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- VPZ (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0600-2200, ALL SAT-SUN 0700-1900
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 27; REIL RWY 9, 18 & 36; PAPI RWY 9, 18, 27 & 36; HIRL RWY 09/27; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. HIRL RWY 09/27; MIRL RWY 18/36; PRESET TO LOW INTST DUSK - 2300, INCR INTST - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KVPZ
Runways
Longest 7001 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 7001 x 150 ft. / 2134 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Double wheel 250.0
Runway 9
- Heading
- 092 magnetic, 090 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:7000 TODA:7000 ASDA:7000 LDA:6500
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 500 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 770.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 60 ft. trees, 1212 ft. from runway, 402 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear
Runway 27
- Heading
- 272 magnetic, 270 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6500 TODA:6500 ASDA:6500 LDA:6500
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- no
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 769.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
- Dimensions
- 4001 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Operational restrictions
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 30.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 182 magnetic, 180 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 770.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 80 ft. trees, 2850 ft. from runway, 33:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 002 magnetic, 360 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- UNUSBL BYD 8 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN.
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 759.9 ft.
- Obstructions
- 32 ft. trees, 966 ft. from runway, 180 ft. left of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.725
- Wx Asos
- 125.875 (219-531-1770)
- South Bend Approach
- 132.05
- South Bend Departure
- 132.05
- Clearance Delivery
- 120.525 ;CTC APCH CTL
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.