diff --git a/compiler/semantic/op.go b/compiler/semantic/op.go
index 17573b9f8d..c89cd132a5 100644
--- a/compiler/semantic/op.go
+++ b/compiler/semantic/op.go
@@ -237,8 +237,13 @@ func (a *analyzer) formatArg(args ast.FromArgs) string {
 
 func (a *analyzer) semFile(name string, args ast.FromArgs) dag.Op {
 	format := a.formatArg(args)
-	if format == "" && strings.HasSuffix(name, ".parquet") {
-		format = "parquet"
+	if format == "" {
+		switch filepath.Ext(name) {
+		case ".parquet":
+			format = "parquet"
+		case ".csup":
+			format = "csup"
+		}
 	}
 	return &dag.FileScan{
 		Kind:   "FileScan",
diff --git a/runtime/exec/environment.go b/runtime/exec/environment.go
index 3c906f6434..c30222ff90 100644
--- a/runtime/exec/environment.go
+++ b/runtime/exec/environment.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/brimdata/super/zbuf"
 	"github.com/brimdata/super/zio/anyio"
 	"github.com/brimdata/super/zio/parquetio"
+	"github.com/brimdata/super/zio/vngio"
 	"github.com/segmentio/ksuid"
 )
 
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ func (c *closePuller) Pull(done bool) (zbuf.Batch, error) {
 }
 
 func (e *Environment) VectorOpen(ctx context.Context, zctx *super.Context, path, format string, fields []field.Path) (vector.Puller, error) {
-	if format != "parquet" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("vector runtime supports only Parquet files")
+	if format != "parquet" && format != "csup" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("vector runtime supports only Parquet and CSUP files")
 	}
 	if path == "-" {
 		path = "stdio:stdin"
@@ -138,7 +139,12 @@ func (e *Environment) VectorOpen(ctx context.Context, zctx *super.Context, path,
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	puller, err := parquetio.NewVectorReader(ctx, zctx, r, fields)
+	var puller vector.Puller
+	if format == "parquet" {
+		puller, err = parquetio.NewVectorReader(ctx, zctx, r, fields)
+	} else {
+		puller, err = vngio.NewVectorReader(ctx, zctx, r, fields)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		r.Close()
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go b/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..807c7d58b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package vngio
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"sync/atomic"
+
+	"github.com/brimdata/super"
+	"github.com/brimdata/super/pkg/field"
+	"github.com/brimdata/super/runtime/vcache"
+	"github.com/brimdata/super/vector"
+	"github.com/brimdata/super/vng"
+)
+
+type VectorReader struct {
+	ctx  context.Context
+	zctx *super.Context
+
+	nextObject *atomic.Int64
+	objects    []*vng.Object
+	projection vcache.Path
+	readerAt   io.ReaderAt
+}
+
+func NewVectorReader(ctx context.Context, zctx *super.Context, r io.Reader, fields []field.Path) (*VectorReader, error) {
+	ra, ok := r.(io.ReaderAt)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("Super Columnar requires a seekable input")
+	}
+	objects, err := readObjects(ra)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &VectorReader{
+		ctx:        ctx,
+		zctx:       zctx,
+		nextObject: &atomic.Int64{},
+		objects:    objects,
+		projection: vcache.NewProjection(fields),
+		readerAt:   ra,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (v *VectorReader) NewConcurrentPuller() vector.Puller {
+	return v
+}
+
+func (v *VectorReader) Pull(done bool) (vector.Any, error) {
+	if done {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	if err := v.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	n := int(v.nextObject.Add(1) - 1)
+	if n >= len(v.objects) {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	o := v.objects[n]
+	return vcache.NewObjectFromVNG(o).Fetch(v.zctx, v.projection)
+}
+
+func (v *VectorReader) close() error {
+	if closer, ok := v.readerAt.(io.Closer); ok {
+		return closer.Close() // coffee is for closers
+	}
+	return nil
+}