Airports · Porter County Regional · flight planning · Sun 2:39 pm CDT (19:39 UTC)

Flight planning: Porter County Regional VPZ / KVPZ

What a pilot looks at before a flight from or to Porter County Regional in Valparaiso, Indiana, in plain English: right now VFR: good flying weather, Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 4 knots. The warnings, reports and winds below come from the government's aviation weather service and the restrictions from the FAA, refreshed every few minutes. For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools.

Warnings in force SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area covers this field

No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.

A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft (thunderstorms, severe turbulence or icing, volcanic ash); an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments (moderate turbulence or icing, low cloud, strong surface wind, mountains hidden in cloud). An area is counted when it covers this field's position.

Pilot reports within 100 nautical miles, last three hours, nearest first

A21N at 31,000 ft, 44 nm east, 1:38 pm CDT (18:38 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
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GSH UA /OV GSH/TM 1838/FL310/TP A21N/TB CONS LGT CHOP/RM DURD FL290 SMOOTH
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A35K at 38,000 ft, 59 nm west, 1:32 pm CDT (18:32 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
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JOT UA /OV JOT/TM 1832/FL380/TP A35K/TB LGT CHOP
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B739 at 35,000 ft, 67 nm north, 11:42 am CDT (16:42 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
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BIV UA /OV PMM280030/TM 1642/FL350/TP B739/TB LGT CHOP
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E75L at 22,000 ft, 69 nm east, 12:13 pm CDT (17:13 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
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ASW UA /OV OLK/TM 1713/FL220/TP E75L/TB INTMT LGT CHOP
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C25A at 2,800 ft, 76 nm northeast, 2:28 pm CDT (19:28 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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AZO UA /OV 5W AZO/TM 1928/FL028/TP C25A/SK T039 B028
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CRJ9 at 3,000 ft, 80 nm northeast, 1:30 pm CDT (18:30 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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AZO UA /OV AZO/TM 1830/FL030/TP CRJ9/SK TOPS 038 BASES 028
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B738 at 37,000 ft, 80 nm southwest, 1:28 pm CDT (18:28 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed
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PNT UA /OV PNT/TM 1828/FL370/TP B738/TB CONS LGT CHOP
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C510 at 2,000 ft, 80 nm northeast, 11:45 am CDT (16:45 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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AZO UA /OV KAZO/TM 1645/FL20/TP C510/WX 10SM/RM T040 B023
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C205 at 8,000 ft, 87 nm east, 2:02 pm CDT (19:02 UTC): no turbulence.
as filed
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FWA UA /OV FWA/TM 1902/FL080/TP C205/TB SMOOTH
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CRJ9 at 1,800 ft, 87 nm east, 1:22 pm CDT (18:22 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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FWA UA /OV FWA/TM 1822/FL018/TP CRJ9/SK B018
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CRJ9 at 900 ft, 87 nm east, 12:15 pm CDT (17:15 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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FWA UA /OV FWA/TM 1715/FL009/TP CRJ9/SK B009
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C680 at 4,000 ft, 87 nm east, 11:53 am CDT (16:53 UTC): a routine report.
as filed
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FWA UA /OV FWA/TM 1653/FL040/TP C680/SK T40
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What pilots in the air told air traffic control or Flight Service: turbulence, icing, cloud tops and bases, temperature, wind. An urgent report is one of severe turbulence or icing, or similar.

Winds and temperatures aloft forecast point JOT, 53 nm west of the field · for use 14:00–21:00 UTC

Height	Wind from	Speed	Temperature
3,000 ft	light and variable
6,000 ft	340° (north)	13 knots	15 °C
9,000 ft	330° (northwest)	15 knots	9 °C
12,000 ft	330° (northwest)	14 knots	3 °C
18,000 ft	340° (north)	19 knots	-11 °C
24,000 ft	330° (northwest)	25 knots	-22 °C
30,000 ft	310° (northwest)	31 knots	-37 °C
34,000 ft	310° (northwest)	34 knots	-44 °C
39,000 ft	290° (west)	42 knots	-50 °C

Based on data from the 11th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 11th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; the lowest rows are left out where the ground is already that high.

Temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles, from the FAA's list

6/7456 CHICAGO, IL, Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 34 nm northwest · security · today · ZAU

Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (a closed runway, lights out, a crane) are not shown here: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time, and the application for the FAA's data feed is in hand.

Radar and forecast charts government pictures, the latest each time the page loads

Radar now: KLOT (49 nautical miles away) · loop National Weather Service

Radar, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service

Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

The radar pictures come from the National Weather Service (the nearest radar, then the region); the surface analysis and the 12- and 24-hour forecast charts from the Weather Prediction Center. They are public-domain government images shown as they are published.

Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, and the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Back to Porter County Regional, where the current observation and the forecast for the field are.