Airports / Arizona / VLE
Valle Airport
VLEGrand Canyon, ArizonaELEV 5,999 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
18 nm
To the nearest alternate
Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Valle Airport (VLE) is a general aviation field serving Grand Canyon, Arizona. The field lies at an elevation of 5,999 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
VLE has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCN, 18 nm), Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (FLG, 39 nm), and Prescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love Field (PRC, 61 nm).
Quotes for flights out of VLE vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from VLE, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
K40G
IATA
VLE
FAA / Local
40G
Elevation
5,999 ft
Coordinates
35.6506° N · 112.1480° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs AZ fields
state range 213–7,014 ft
At 5,999 ft, VLE sits higher than 92% of the 50 Arizona fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 18nmGCNGrand Canyon National Park AirportGrand Canyon - Tusayan
- 39nmFLGFlagstaff Pulliam AirportFlagstaff
- 61nmPRCPrescott Regional Airport - Ernest A. Love FieldPrescott
- 79nmINWWinslow Lindbergh Regional AirportWinslow
- 84nmPGAPage Municipal AirportPage
- 91nmIGMKingman AirportKingman
Location
Open the full mapK40G · Valle Airport · Grand Canyon, AZ
From the ramp
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