VDZ

Valdez Pioneer Field

ICAO PAVD61.1327°N 146.2466°W128 ft / 39 mMedium airport
On the map

Valdez Pioneer Field (IATA: VDZ, ICAO: PAVD) is a medium airport in Valdez, Alaska, United States. It opened in Oct 1952. It has one runway, 6,500 ft (1,981 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. In 2024 it handled 6 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1952–1952
OCT 1952
OpenedValdez Pioneer Field opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Valdez Pioneer Field Airport Terminal
06/24081° / 261° · LIT · SLOPE 1.1%
LENGTH6,500 ft1,981 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2024
28K
26K
23K
20K
19K
2K
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Routes

2 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VDZ. From the Wikipedia article “Valdez Airport” (revision of 9 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers6K (2024)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,883of 3,974 · #741 North America · #533 USLongest runway6,500 ft1,981 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=4,090of 29,823 · =1,025 North America · =784 USElevation128 ft39 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,916of 43,341 · =16,319 North America · =13,681 USAgeOpened 19522026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=3,844of 15,079 · =2,673 North America · =2,612 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

4 channels
AWOSAWOS 3118.800
CNTRANCHORAGE CNTR119.300
CTAFCTAF122.900
FSSJUNEAU RDO122.200