Porter County Regional Airport
Airport in Valparaiso, Indiana
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Porter County Regional Airport (IATA: VPZ, ICAO: KVPZ, FAA LID: VPZ) (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.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Porter County Municipal Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Valparaiso, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 1950[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 770 ft (230 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°27′14″N 087°00′26″W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.VPZ.org | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2] | |||||||||||||||
Facilities and aircraft
Porter County Regional Airport covers 718 acres (291 ha) 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).[2]
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.[2]