VDZPAVD

Valdez Pioneer Field

Valdez, United States · North America

North America America/Anchorage

1runway

1,981 mLongest runway

Valdez Airport (IATA: VDZ, ICAO: PAVD, FAA LID: VDZ), also known as Pioneer Field, is a state-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Valdez, a city in the Chugach Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

Location

61.133°N, 146.247°O · 37 m s. n. m. (121 ft)

General data

CountryUnited States

CityValdez

IATA codeVDZ

ICAO codePAVD

Coordinates61.133°N, 146.247°O

Elevation37 m s. n. m. (121 ft)

Time zoneAmerica/Anchorage

Runways1

Longest runway1,981 m

OperatorDepartamento de Transportación y Servicios Públicos de Alaska

Runways · 1

06/24

Length1,981 m6,499 ft

Width46 m151 ft

SurfaceAsphalt

Lighted✓

Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.

Radio frequencies · 2 Official publication

Common traffic (CTAF)

122.900

Automated weather

118.800AWOS

Look for a live feed on LiveATC External site; not every airport has a feed.

Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.

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This page was last updated on October 16, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ). Retrieved October 25, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VDZ

MLA

“Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VDZ. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

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Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VDZ (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_airport_vdz,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ)}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-16},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VDZ},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/VDZ}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-25},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-25}
}

Wikipedia

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