KVPZ Porter County Rgnl

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. ADS-B tracking just started here — traffic history is still building. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE no tower now

Wind calm · VFR · 27 min old · from KGYY (20.4 nm away)

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27 26% 7001 ft

9 26% 7001 ft

18 24% 4001 ft

36 24% 4001 ft

Active NOTAMs affecting runways

LIGHTING RWY 18 until 10-31 23:59Z

RWY 18 RWY END ID LGT U/S

LIGHTING RWY 9 until 10-31 23:59Z

RWY 09 PAPI U/S

APCH OTS RWY 9

IAP PORTER COUNTY RGNL, VALPARAISO, IN.
RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, AMDT 1B...
LNAV CAT C VISIBILITY 1 3/8. CHANGE PBN REQUIREMENTS NOTE TO READ: RNP APCH - GPS. DELETE *LNAV ONLY. CHANGE CHART VDP TO READ: CHART VDP AT 1.40 NM TO RW09. CHANGE FOR UNCOMPENSATED BARO-VNAV NOTE TO READ: FOR UNCOMPENSATED BARO-VNAV SYSTEMS, LNAV/VNAV NA BELOW -16C OR ABOVE 54C.
THIS IS RNAV (GPS) RWY 9, AMDT 1C. 2608201950-PERM

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 27

PRIOR runway length 7001 ft +0.06

Runway 9

PRIOR runway length 7001 ft +0.06

Runway 18

PRIOR runway length 4001 ft -0.06

Runway 36

PRIOR runway length 4001 ft -0.06

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	27 min	Nearest station KGYY (20.4 nm away)
ADSB	WARMING_UP	2388 min	Only 0 min of track history so far
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (Only 0 min of track history so far)

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KVPZ field & runways

Porter County Rgnl, Valparaiso, Indiana. Field elevation 770 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Magnetic variation 2.0°W on record, 4.6°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.029°/year west — about 1° every 34 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
18	179.6°	184.2°	matches rule gives runway 19 in ~27 yr	4,001 ft	ASPH
27	270.1°	274.7°	matches rule gives runway 28 in ~10 yr	7,001 ft	ASPH	left	ILS
36	359.6°	4.2°	matches rule gives runway 1 in ~27 yr	4,001 ft	ASPH
9	90.1°	94.7°	matches rule gives runway 10 in ~10 yr	7,001 ft	ASPH	left

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KVPZ ☆ Porter County Rgnl