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 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. 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.
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What is the airport code for Valdosta Regional?
Its FAA code is VLD, and its ICAO code is KVLD.
Where is Valdosta Regional?
It is 3 miles south of Valdosta, Georgia, 203 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Valdosta Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 18/36, is 8,003 feet long.
Does Valdosta Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Valdosta Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Valdosta Regional?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Tallahassee International, Southwest Georgia Regional, Augusta Regional AT Bush Field, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Valdosta Regional?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Rose City Soaring Association INC and South Ga Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Valdosta Regional?
1 pilot examiner and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Valdosta Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cook County (23 nm northwest), Berrien County (26 nm north), Suwannee County (32 nm southeast).
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 Georgia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
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 1,021 departures from VLD in those twelve months, carrying 55,715 passengers in 72,775 seats (77% filled), to 6 destinations on 3 airlines.
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 | 49 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 9 |
| 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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,637, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 6 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,930 |
| general aviation, travelling | 8,718 |
| general aviation, local | 7,519 |
| military | 4,464 |
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Rose City Soaring Association INC 2 aircraft · Valdosta
- South Ga Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Valdosta
Repair stations in Valdosta:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
- Luke Closson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Quitman, GA (16 nm) · (229) 244-7171 · [email protected]
All 5 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-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
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 · 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. 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 Valdosta 96 aircraft · 66 piston singles, 9 business jets, 8 gliders
- Bell Air LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Valdosta Flying Service INC 2 aircraft in town
- Southern Aircraft LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Rose City Soaring Association INC 2 aircraft in town
- Rose City Soaring Association INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- South Ga Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Saft America INC · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,015 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Tallahassee International (TLH) 2 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- Southwest Georgia Regional (ABY) 1 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- Augusta Regional AT Bush Field (AGS) 1 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BHM) 1 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Georgia 2,135 since 1982 · 360 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Georgia 105 landing places
- Georgia 8,797 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/VLD.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 26, 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.