# Porter County Municipal Airport (VPZ / KVPZ)

**Porter County Municipal Airport** (IATA: VPZ, ICAO: KVPZ) is a medium airport in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. It opened in Nov 1950. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,001 ft (2,134 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VPZ / KVPZ
- FAA: VPZ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Valparaiso, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Nov 1950
- Elevation: 770 ft / 235 m
- Coordinates: 41.4540, -87.0071
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,001 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.vpz.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter_County_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7231618
- Weather station: KVPZ
- Ident: KVPZ

## Timeline

- Nov 1950: Porter County Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 18/36 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05460AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | =3,476 of 29,858 | =821 in North America | =621 in US |
| Elevation | 770 ft / 235 m | #22,008 of 43,403 | #10,387 in North America | #8,556 in US |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =2,491 in North America | =2,432 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOUTH BEND APP/DEP | 132.050 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 125.875 |
| CLD | SOUTH BEND CLNC DEL | 135.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.725 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 123.650 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.725 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kvpz/data