Airports / Illinois / VYS
Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field
KVYS / VYSPeru, IllinoisELEV 654 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#3 / 42
Illinois airports by Google rating
4.9★ across 40 Google ratings — ranked against 42 rated IL fields.
48 nm
To the nearest alternate
General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA).
Overview
Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field, listed as KVYS / VYS, is a general aviation field in Peru, Illinois. Field elevation is 654 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list VYS as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA, 48 nm), Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD, 51 nm), and Dupage Airport (DPA, 53 nm).
Trip costs from VYS are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from VYS to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
KVYS
IATA
VYS
FAA / Local
VYS
Elevation
654 ft
Coordinates
41.3519° N · 89.1531° 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 IL fields
state range 321–871 ft
At 654 ft, VYS sits higher than 57% of the 42 Illinois fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 48nmPIAGeneral Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria
- 51nmRFDChicago Rockford International AirportChicago/Rockford
- 53nmDPADupage AirportChicago/West Chicago
- 54nmBMICentral Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal
- 61nmMLIQuad City International AirportMoline
- 61nmIKKGreater Kankakee AirportKankakee
Location
Open the full mapKVYS · Illinois Valley Regional Airport Walter A Duncan Field · Peru, IL
From the ramp
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