VEL

Vernal Regional Airport

ICAO KVEL40.4362°N 109.5117°W5,274 ft / 1,608 mMedium airport
On the map
Vernal Regional Airport
United States Geological Survey (USGS) · Public domain · Commons

Vernal Regional Airport (IATA: VEL, ICAO: KVEL) is a medium airport in Vernal, Utah, United States. It opened in May 1945. It has one runway, 7,000 ft (2,134 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 25 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1945–1945
MAY 1945
OpenedVernal Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
17/35179° / 359° · LIT
LENGTH7,000 ft2,134 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2017–2025
13K
18K
25K
11K
18K
22K
28K
21K
25K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VEL. From the Wikipedia article “Vernal Regional Airport” (revision of 10 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers25K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,362of 3,974 · #553 North America · #379 USLongest runway7,000 ft2,134 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,488of 29,823 · =832 North America · =631 USElevation5,274 ft1,608 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#1,674of 43,341 · #857 North America · #644 USAgeOpened 19452026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,524of 15,079 · =1,492 North America · =1,440 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
ASOSASOS135.175
RDOCEDAR CITY RDO122.350
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.700