📍 Vandalia⬆ 537 ft2 runways
KVLA · VLA
Vandalia Municipal Airport
38.99150°N
-89.16620°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
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100.0%
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 3,751 feet.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
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Wind
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Visib
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Ceil
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Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
36
36% of ops
64 land · 37 TO
18
28% of ops
50 land · 21 TO
27
19% of ops
33 land · 9 TO
09
16% of ops
29 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 36% of operations (64 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 28%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
36
64 landings
UA 6%
18
50 landings
UA 14%
27
33 landings
UA 3%
09
29 landings
UA 31%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 64 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
2.9
flights/day · 88 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
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
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
WO
wolfgangx
06/02/2021
Loved stopping here for gas, classic small town airport
RS
rstan
05/04/2019
Good fuel prices and free courtesy car
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