Porter County Regional Airport Explained

Porter County Regional Airport
Iata:VPZ
Icao:KVPZ
Faa:VPZ
Type:Public
Owner:Porter County Municipal Airport Authority
Location:Valparaiso, Indiana
Opened:[1]
Elevation-F:770
Elevation-M:235
Coordinates:41.4539°N -87.0072°W
Website:www.VPZ.org
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Indiana
Pushpin Label:VPZ
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:7,001
R1-Length-M:2,134
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:18/36
R2-Length-F:4,001
R2-Length-M:1,220
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2013)
Stat1-Data:69,888
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2017)
Stat2-Data:146
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Porter County Regional Airport (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.

Facilities and aircraft

Porter County Regional Airport covers 718acres 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).

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.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Porter County Regional Airport. AirNav, LLC. 2016-10-18.
  2. , effective Jan 5, 2017.
  3. http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/5210039-418/porter-co.-airport-now-called-regional Porter Co. airport now called ‘regional’

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