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).
Weather right now KVPZ · observed 3:56 pm CDT (20:56 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 9 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 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 062056Z AUTO 19009G18KT 10SM CLR 23/06 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02280061 56031
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.