Porter County Regional
VPZ · KVPZ · Valparaiso, Indiana · Porter County · map
Porter County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Porter County Muni Arpt Auth, 1 mile southeast of Valparaiso, Indiana, 770 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 7,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 134 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 69,888 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KVPZ · observed 1:56 pm CDT (18:56 UTC), 8 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVPZ 111856Z AUTO 29004KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP145 T02330150
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- C25B at 2,900 ft, 35 nm northeast, 11:30 am CDT (16:30 UTC): overcast from 2,900 ft to 3,300 ft.
- A21N at 31,000 ft, 44 nm east, 1:38 pm CDT (18:38 UTC): light chop turbulence.
- B738 at 38,000 ft, 58 nm northeast, 11:28 am CDT (16:28 UTC): light chop turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (JOT, 53 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: light and variable; 6,000 ft: 340° at 13 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 330° at 15 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 330° at 14 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 340° at 19 kt, -11 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/7456 CHICAGO, IL, Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 34 nm northwest · security · today
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA VPZ · ICAO KVPZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Porter County Muni Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 770 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 7,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 6,500 ft available for landing, trees 60 ft high 1,212 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,500 ft available for landing
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 80 ft high 2,850 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 32 ft high 966 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Clearance delivery Contact approach control | 120.525 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.05 | |
| Vpz and automated weather (ASOS) | 125.875 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.9 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 219-531-1770.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 120 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 69,888, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,398 |
| general aviation, travelling | 29,353 |
| general aviation, local | 38,438 |
| military | 699 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Valparaiso from the FAA register
152 aircraft are registered to owners in Valparaiso, Indiana: 124 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 4 business jets, 3 drones. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: LA Porte Municipal (14 nm northeast), Starke County (17 nm southeast), Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field (17 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Valparaiso, by their names on the register:
- Region Flyers LLC 14 aircraft
Charter operators and airlines based in Valparaiso:
- Gerlach and Associates LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Eagle Flight School - VPZ · Valparaiso, IN (0 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · johnboos88@gmail.com
- Keegan Starkey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Valparaiso, IN (0 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · keegangstarkey@gmail.com
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (20 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · mo@flywithmo.com
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (44 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · awaterloo@gmail.com
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (50 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · alanwzee@aol.com
All 26 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 29 since 1982, 4 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 9, 18 and 36; PAPI runway 9, 18, 27 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36; preset to low intst dusk - 2300, incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 7 degrees right of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- +96 feet marked power line 5601 feet from runway end perpendicular to centerline 56:1 slope.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Valparaiso 152 aircraft · 124 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 4 turboprops
- Region Flyers LLC 14 aircraft in town
- Sterling Foundation 6 aircraft in town
- Eagle Equity INC 6 aircraft in town
- Js Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Gerlach and Associates LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Region Flyers LLC 14 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 29 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 177 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,688 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VPZ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.