Porter County Regional Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Porter County Municipal Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Valparaiso, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | November 1950 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 770 ft / 235 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°27′14″N 087°00′26″W / 41.45389°N 87.00722°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.VPZ.org | ||||||||||||||
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| Aircraft operations (2013) | 69,888 |
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| Based aircraft (2017) | 146 |
Porter County Regional Airport (IATA: VPZ, ICAO: KVPZ, FAA LID: VPZ) (formerly Porter County Municipal Airport) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.8 km) southeast of the central business district of Valparaiso, a city in Porter County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by the Porter County Municipal Airport Authority.
Porter County Regional Airport covers an area of 718 acres (291 ha) at an elevation of 770 feet (235 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 7,001 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m).
For period ending December 31, 2013, the airport had 69,888 aircraft operations, an average of 191 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. In January 2017, there were 146 aircraft based at this airport: 128 single-engine, 7 multi-engine, 6 jet, 4 helicopter and 1 ultralight.
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