Vernal Regional
VEL · KVEL · Vernal, Utah · Uintah County · map
Vernal Regional is a public-use airport owned by Uintah CO and Vernal City, 1 mile southeast of Vernal, Utah, 5,274 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KVEL · observed 12:53 pm MDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.23 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 13,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm MDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 13,000 feet, a broken layer at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 12:00 am MDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVEL 061853Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 22/05 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP185 T02170050
TAF KVEL 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM SCT130 SCT250 FM070000 29007KT P6SM SCT130 BKN250 FM070600 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA VEL · ICAO KVEL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Uintah CO and Vernal City
- Elevation
- 5,274 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1945
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 33 ft high 586 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 44 ft high 1,094 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Vel and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.125 | |
| Myton and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 119.95 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 435-414-6338.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Vernal from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Vernal, Utah: 31 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Utah.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 24 hour prior permission required for air carrier operations ovr 30 passenger seats - amgr.
- Runway 07/25 decommissioned.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 17 and 35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 17 and 35 on continuously.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -26C.
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 5, 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.