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Vandalia Municipal Airport

38.99150°N
-89.16620°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 33.3%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 22.2%

Vandalia Municipal Airport (KVLA/VLA) is a small general aviation airport located in Vandalia, IL, 61 mi north east of St. Louis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,751 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KENL, 33 mi away (KVLA does not publish METAR)

35m ago
Temp
95°F
Wind
—
—
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KENL 011635Z 10SM CLR 35/21 A3008 RMK AO2 T03500205

Runways

2 installed

3,751 FT MAX
09/27
3,001 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
3,751 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

36
49% of ops
35 land · 11 TO
09
25% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
18
14% of ops
10 land · 10 TO
27
12% of ops
9 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 49% of operations (35 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 35 landings
UA 11%
09 18 landings
UA 6%
18 10 landings
UA 0%
27 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 36 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 35 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
3.3
flights/day · 100 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.6 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

14 · 16%
12 · 14%
8 · 9%
8 · 9%
6 · 7%
5 · 6%
Activity is led by (16% of 88 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 122.800 —
DECATUR 124.300 —
OTHER 124.300 —
DECATUR 269.150 —
OTHER 269.150 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
wolfgangx
06/02/2021
Great gas stop!
Loved stopping here for gas, classic small town airport
rstan
05/04/2019
Great Facility
Good fuel prices and free courtesy car
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