Porter County Regional Airport

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Porter County Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Porter County Municipal Airport Authority
Location Valparaiso, Indiana
OpenedNovember 1950 (1950-11) [1]
Elevation  AMSL 770 ft / 235 m
Coordinates 41°27′14″N087°00′26″W / 41.45389°N 87.00722°W / 41.45389; -87.00722
Website www.VPZ.org
Map
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VPZ
Location of airport in Indiana
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VPZ (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
9/277,0012,134 Asphalt
18/364,0011,220Asphalt
Statistics
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]

Contents

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Porter County Regional Airport". AirNav, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for VPZ PDF , effective Jan 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ Porter Co. airport now called ‘regional’


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