# Vernal Regional Airport (VEL / KVEL)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvel

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VEL / KVEL
- FAA: VEL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Vernal, Utah, United States
- Opened: May 1945
- Elevation: 5,274 ft / 1,608 m
- Coordinates: 40.4362, -109.5117
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,000 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 24,851 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernal_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7921938
- Weather station: KVEL
- Ident: KVEL

## Timeline

- May 1945: Vernal Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 7,000 ft / 2,134 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00792AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | 12,776 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 18,239 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 25,215 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 11,423 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 18,084 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 22,170 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 27,560 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 21,095 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 24,851 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 258 mi / 416 km · Contour Airlines
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 503 mi / 809 km · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VEL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 25K (2025) | #2,362 of 3,974 | #553 in North America | #379 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,000 ft / 2,134 m | =3,488 of 29,858 | =832 in North America | =631 in US |
| Elevation | 5,274 ft / 1,608 m | #1,677 of 43,403 | #859 in North America | #646 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 135.175 |
| RDO | CEDAR CITY RDO | 122.350 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [99UT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/99ut.md) Sundog Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [UT79](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut79.md) 3-I Rocker Ranch Airport · 8.9 mi / 14 km
- [US-5291](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5291.md) Brush Creek Airstrip · 11 mi / 18 km
- [UT67](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut67.md) Paradise Air Park · 18 mi / 28 km
- [UT69](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ut69.md) Pelican Lake Airport · 20 mi / 31 km
- [US-1860](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1860.md) Bonanza Airstrip · 29 mi / 47 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Vernal Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vernal_Regional_Airport&oldid=1374157177), revision of 10 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvel/data