Valdez Pioneer Field charts & airport diagram

Valdez Pioneer Field (VDZ · PAVD) in Valdez, AK publishes 6 FAA charts, including 1 instrument approach (LDA). Every one links straight to the current FAA PDF. · Open on the map

All of Valdez Pioneer Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

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Lowest minimums here: LDA · Every chart below links straight to the current FAA PDF.

What PAVD publishes

Instrument approaches at PAVD

Valdez Pioneer Field has 1 published instrument approach of 1 type (LDA). None of them offer vertical guidance, so every approach here is flown to a minimum descent altitude. One is circling only — bringing you to the airport rather than a runway, to circle for whichever runway the wind favors at circling minimums.

No published approach to runway 06 and 24: landing on those ends in instrument conditions means a circling approach or a visual after breaking out.

Takeoff, alternate and surface information

Takeoff minimums are published for PAVD. Standard is 1 statute mile visibility for one and two engine aircraft (½ mile for more than two) unless this section says otherwise; Part 91 operators are not bound by them but the obstacle notes apply to everyone.
Valdez Pioneer Field has an obstacle departure procedure (ODP): the charted way to clear terrain and obstacles after takeoff in instrument conditions. ATC does not assign it; under Part 91 it is recommended rather than required, and it is what you fly when no SID or radar vectors have been given.
Non standard alternate minimums are published: if you file PAVD as an IFR alternate, the required forecast is higher than the default 600-2 for precision or 800-2 for non precision approaches. Check the alternate rule tool.

All 6 charts, as a list every plate with its direct FAA link

Airport documents 1

A/FD Chart Supplement ↗

Approaches 1

LDA LDA-H ↗ · circling

Departures 2

SID JMAAL FOUR (OBSTACLE) ↗
SID NAKED SIX ↗

Minimums 2

MIN TAKEOFF MINIMUMS ↗
MIN ALTERNATE MINIMUMS ↗

Frequently asked

Does PAVD have an instrument approach?

Yes. Valdez Pioneer Field has 1 published instrument approach: LDA. None of them offer vertical guidance, so all are non precision.

What is the lowest approach at PAVD?

LDA is the approach type with the lowest published minimums at Valdez Pioneer Field. Like every approach here it has no vertical guidance: a minimum descent altitude, not a decision altitude. Actual minimums vary by aircraft category and are on the plate.

Does PAVD have SIDs and STARs?

Valdez Pioneer Field publishes 1 departure procedure (SID) and no STARs. The list is on this page, linked to the current FAA plate.

Does PAVD have an obstacle departure procedure?

Yes. Valdez Pioneer Field publishes an ODP. Under Part 91 it is not mandatory in most cases, but it is the charted way to clear terrain and obstacles after takeoff in instrument conditions.

More about PAVD

Charts are the FAA d-TPP (d-TPP cycle 2609 (2026, cycle 9)) and Chart Supplement, reissued on the 28-day chart cycle and linked directly from the FAA. For planning and education only; always fly the current chart.

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