Airports / Indiana / VPZ
Porter County Municipal Airport
KVPZ / VPZValparaiso, IndianaELEV 770 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
17 nm
To the nearest alternate
Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC) — 5 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Porter County Municipal Airport (KVPZ / VPZ) sits in Valparaiso, Indiana, where it functions as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 770 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
VPZ has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC, 17 nm), Gary Chicago International Airport (GYY, 21 nm), and South Bend International Airport (SBN, 35 nm).
Quotes for flights out of VPZ vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from VPZ, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KVPZ
IATA
VPZ
FAA / Local
VPZ
Elevation
770 ft
Coordinates
41.4540° N · 87.0071° 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
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs IN fields
state range 418–1,140 ft
At 770 ft, VPZ sits lower than 61% of the 36 Indiana fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 17nmMGCMichigan City Municipal AirportMichigan City
- 21nmGYYGary Chicago International AirportGary
- 35nmSBNSouth Bend International AirportSouth Bend
- 39nmMDWChicago Midway International AirportChicago
- 44nmIKKGreater Kankakee AirportKankakee
- 51nmORDChicago O'Hare International AirportChicago
Location
Open the full mapKVPZ · Porter County Municipal Airport · Valparaiso, IN
From the ramp
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