Valdosta Regional
VLD · KVLD · Valdosta, Georgia · Lowndes County · map
Valdosta Regional is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Valdosta, Georgia, 203 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 8,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 67 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 23,637 takeoffs and landings a year. About 44,169 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KVLD · observed 6:53 pm EDT (22:53 UTC), 37 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 1,700 feet
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 69°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:30 pm EDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, showers nearby, overcast at 1,100 feet MVFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Wed 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 900 feet, a broken layer at 1,600 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KVLD 062253Z 05009KT 10SM OVC017 22/21 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02220206
TAF KVLD 061730Z 0618/0718 06010KT 6SM -SHRA OVC007 FM062200 07008KT P6SM VCSH OVC011 FM070300 06006KT P6SM OVC007 FM071600 07008KT P6SM BKN009 BKN016
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 VLD · ICAO KVLD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 203 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Jacksonville sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 8,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 5,598 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,875 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 56 ft high 3,000 ft from the end
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 7 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 48 ft high 1,175 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.35 | Valdosta |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Valdosta |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | Valdosta |
| Vld and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.225 | |
| Valdosta and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.7 | Valdosta |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 229-213-0843.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,637, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Valdosta from the FAA register
96 aircraft are registered to owners in Valdosta, Georgia: 66 piston singles, 9 business jets, 8 gliders, 7 piston twins, 4 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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 Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 3 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
- Runway 04/22 has 10 feet paved shoulders with vegetation.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 18; PAPI runway 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 04/22; PAPI runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 unavailable when the control tower closed.
- PAPI unusable beyond 7 degrees left of centerline.
- Pilots must sup own TIE-DOWN ropes.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 36.
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.