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Vandalia Municipal Airport

38.99150°N
-89.16620°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 750.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runway intelligence

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

36
38% of ops
18 land · 9 TO
18
28% of ops
13 land · 7 TO
27
26% of ops
12 land · 6 TO
09
9% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 36 carries 38% of operations (18 landings, 9 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 18 landings
UA 6%
18 13 landings
UA 0%
27 12 landings
UA 8%
09 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 36 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 18 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 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.3× weekday (6.1 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 80 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)

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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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