FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | VPZ |
Lat/Long: | 41-27-14.3000N 087-00-25.5000W 41-27.238333N 087-00.425000W 41.4539722,-87.0070833 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 770.3 ft. / 234.8 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 02W (1985) |
From city: | 1 mile SE of VALPARAISO, IN |
Time zone: | UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 46383 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1950 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | CHICAGO CENTER |
FSS: | TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | VPZ (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | MON-FRI 0600-2200, ALL SAT-SUN 0700-1900 |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | yes |
Lights: | ACTVT MALSR RWY 27; REIL RWY 9, 18 & 36; PAPI RWY 9, 18, 27 & 36; HIRL RWY 09/27; MIRL RWY 18/36 - CTAF. HIRL RWY 09/27; MIRL RWY 18/36; PRESET TO LOW INTST DUSK - 2300, INCR INTST - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Fire and rescue: | ARFF index A |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.725 |
WX ASOS: | 125.875 (219-531-1770) |
SOUTH BEND APPROACH: | 132.05 |
SOUTH BEND DEPARTURE: | 132.05 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 120.525 ;CTC APCH CTL |
WX AWOS-3PT at PPO (14 nm NE): | 119.825 (219-326-6916) |
WX AWOS-3 at OXI (17 nm SE): | 135.775 (574-772-2041) |
WX AWOS-3 at MGC (17 nm NE): | 128.450 (219-878-1106) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 135.9/314.0 (GOSHEN RCAG) WHEN SOUTH BEND APCH CTL CLSD.
- COMMUNICATIONS PRVDD BY TERRE HAUTE RADIO ON FREQ 122.3 (CROWNPOINT RCO).
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
CGTr096/25.6 | | CHICAGO HEIGHTS VORTAC | | 114.20 | | 02E |
GIJr239/36.2 | | GIPPER VORTAC | | 115.40 | | 00E |
EONr071/37.0 | | PEOTONE VORTAC | | 113.20 | | 02E |
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
SEDLY | | 274/5.8 | | 212 | | 02W | | VP | ...- .--. |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 9/27
Dimensions: | 7001 x 150 ft. / 2134 x 46 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Double wheel: | 250.0 | Double tandem: | 375.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | high intensity |
| RUNWAY 9 | | RUNWAY 27 |
Latitude: | 41-27.144823N | | 41-27.142413N |
Longitude: | 087-01.193587W | | 086-59.661285W |
Elevation: | 770.0 ft. | | 769.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 092 magnetic, 090 true | | 272 magnetic, 270 true |
Displaced threshold: | 500 ft. | | no |
Declared distances: | TORA:7000 TODA:7000 ASDA:7000 LDA:6500 | | TORA:6500 TODA:6500 ASDA:6500 LDA:6500 |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | precision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) UNUSBL BYD 7 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN. |
Approach lights: | | | MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | no |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Instrument approach: | | | ILS |
Obstructions: | 60 ft. trees, 1212 ft. from runway, 402 ft. right of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear | | none +96 FT MKD PLINE 5601 FT FM RWY END PERPENDICULAR TO CNTRLN 56:1 SLOPE. |
Runway 18/36
Dimensions: | 4001 x 75 ft. / 1220 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt/grooved, in fair condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | Single wheel: | 30.0 | Double wheel: | 45.0 |
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Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 18 | | RUNWAY 36 |
Latitude: | 41-27.732272N | | 41-27.073557N |
Longitude: | 087-00.421568W | | 087-00.415703W |
Elevation: | 770.3 ft. | | 759.9 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 182 magnetic, 180 true | | 002 magnetic, 360 true |
Declared distances: | TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001 | | TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001 |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) UNUSBL BYD 8 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN. | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) UNUSBL BYD 8 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN. |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 80 ft. trees, 2850 ft. from runway, 33:1 slope to clear | | 32 ft. trees, 966 ft. from runway, 180 ft. left of centerline, 23:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | PORTER COUNTY MUNI ARPT AUTH 4207 MURVIHILL RD VALPARAISO, IN 46383 Phone 219-462-6508 |
Manager: | KYLE J. KUEBLER 4207 MURVIHILL RD VALPARAISO, IN 46383 Phone 219-462-6508 |
Additional Remarks
A39-18/36 | PCR VALUE: 140/F/C/X/T |
A39-09/27 | PCR VALUE: 405/F/C/X/T |
- | BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR CD CTC SOUTH BEND APCH AT 574-251-2609. WHEN SOUTH BEND APCH CLSD, FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921. |
- | CLSD TO SKED OPS WITH GTR THAN 9 PAX & UNSKED OPS WITH GTR THAN 30 PAX WITHOUT 90 DAY PPR - AMGR. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 10 July 2025 at 0901Z to 07 August 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
ILS OR LOC RWY 27 | |
download (226KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09 | |
download (234KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 | |
download (226KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27 **CHANGED** | |
download (233KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (167KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (164KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
3HO - Hobart Sky Ranch Airport (13 nm NW)
KPPO - La Porte Municipal Airport (14 nm NE)
KOXI - Starke County Airport (17 nm SE)
KMGC - Michigan City Municipal Airport-Phillips Field (17 nm NE)
05C - Griffith-Merrillville Airport (18 nm W)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Jeff Koon
Photo taken 07-Aug-2016
looking northeast
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 11-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 04:52 | | 09:52 |
Sunrise | | 05:25 | | 10:25 |
Sunset | | 20:22 | | 01:22 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:55 | | 01:55 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 11-Jul-2025 07:06:18 |
Local (UTC-5) | 11-Jul-2025 02:06:18 |
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METAR |
KVPZ | 110656Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM -RA SCT110 23/22 A2992 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E SLP127 P0002 T02280217
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KPPO 14nm NE | 110655Z AUTO 17002KT 10SM BKN032 23/23 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE
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KOXI 17nm SE | 110655Z AUTO 30004KT 7SM BKN038 BKN050 BKN055 21/18 A2993 RMK AO1 PNO
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KMGC 17nm NE | 110655Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A2994 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KGYY 21nm NW | 110520Z 1106/1206 VRB05KT 5SM -TSRA SCT025 OVC050CB FM110800 14006KT P6SM SCT050 BKN100 FM111500 19010KT P6SM SCT050 BKN250 PROB30 1121/1203 4SM -TSRA BKN050CB
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NOTAMs |
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