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Vandalia Municipal Airport

38.99150°N
-89.16620°W
ARR / DAY
2
▲ 0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 55.6%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Temp
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Wind
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Visib
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Ceil
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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
32% of ops
49 land · 37 TO
09
31% of ops
47 land · 4 TO
18
22% of ops
34 land · 27 TO
27
16% of ops
24 land · 9 TO
Runway 36 carries 32% of operations (49 landings, 37 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 09 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

36 49 landings
UA 18%
09 47 landings
UA 21%
18 34 landings
UA 6%
27 24 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 36 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 49 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
4.5
flights/day · 134 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 4.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (2.9 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

20 · 19%
17 · 16%
13 · 12%
8 · 8%
7 · 7%
6 · 6%
Activity is led by (19% of 106 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

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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