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Vandalia Municipal Airport

38.99150°N
-89.16620°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 175.0%

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 3,752 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 KBLV, 47 mi away (KVLA does not publish METAR)

51m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
5 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KBLV 201725Z 02005KT 10SM SCT024 28/23 A3000 RMK AO2A SLP158 $

Runways

2 installed

3,752 FT MAX
09/27
3,001 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
18/36
3,752 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

36
40% of ops
32 land · 11 TO
09
27% of ops
22 land · 2 TO
18
21% of ops
17 land · 15 TO
27
12% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
Runway 36 carries 40% of operations (32 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

36 32 landings
UA 12%
09 22 landings
UA 14%
18 17 landings
UA 6%
27 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 32 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
4.3
flights/day · 128 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 4.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (2.2 vs 5.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

16 · 15%
16 · 15%
15 · 14%
8 · 8%
6 · 6%
6 · 6%
Activity is led by (15% of 105 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
6/2/2021
Great gas stop!
Loved stopping here for gas, classic small town airport
rstan
5/4/2019
Great Facility
Good fuel prices and free courtesy car
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