Valdez Airport (IATA: VDZ, ICAO: PAVD, FAA LID: VDZ),[2] 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.
[1] Valdez Airport covers an area of 836 acres (338 ha) at an elevation of 128 feet (39 m) above mean sea level.
[1] For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2021, the airport had 10,300 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 37% air taxi, 53% general aviation, 5% commercial, and 5% military.
The Alaska Airlines system timetable dated February 1, 1975 lists a Boeing 727-100 flight nonstop to Anchorage.
Era Aviation served the airport during the 1980s with Convair 580 and de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 turboprops.