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) and about 30 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 8 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 8,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11,658 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Vernal Regional?
Its FAA code is VEL, and its ICAO code is KVEL.
Where is Vernal Regional?
It is 1 mile southeast of Vernal, Utah, 5,274 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Vernal Regional?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 7,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Vernal Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Vernal Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Vernal Regional?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Canyonlands Regional, Vernal Regional, Page Municipal. Every route
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Roosevelt Municipal (26 nm west).
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 Utah · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 648 departures from VEL in those twelve months, carrying 12,801 passengers in 19,440 seats (66% filled), to 6 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernal Regional → Denver International VEL–DEN | 362 | 7,803 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Vernal Regional → Phoenix Sky Harbor International VEL–PHX | 264 | 4,774 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Vernal Regional → Canyonlands Regional VEL–CNY | 9 | 76 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Vernal Regional → Vernal Regional VEL–VEL | 9 | 130 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Vernal Regional → Page Municipal VEL–PGA | 3 | 18 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
| Vernal Regional → Show Low Regional VEL–SOW | 1 | 0 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 27 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 2,500 |
| general aviation, local | 4,000 |
| military | 100 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Utah.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 mechanic examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Vernal 37 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 turboprops
- Flm Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Dinaland Aviation 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Utah 1,440 since 1982 · 264 in the last ten years
- Denver International (DEN) 362 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 264 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Canyonlands Regional (CNY) 9 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Vernal Regional (VEL) 9 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Page Municipal (PGA) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Show Low Regional (SOW) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Utah 49 landing places
- Utah 8,355 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VEL.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.