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/vng/object.go b/vng/object.go
index 735ee52a17..27ed7cc869 100644
--- a/vng/object.go
+++ b/vng/object.go
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ func (o *Object) NewReader(zctx *super.Context) (zio.Reader, error) {
 	return NewZedReader(zctx, o.meta, o.readerAt)
 }
 
+func (o *Object) Size() uint64 {
+	return HeaderSize + o.header.MetaSize + o.header.DataSize
+}
+
 func readMetadata(r io.Reader) (Metadata, error) {
 	zctx := super.NewContext()
 	zr := zngio.NewReader(zctx, r)
diff --git a/zio/vngio/reader.go b/zio/vngio/reader.go
index c94667e827..2bfa87e448 100644
--- a/zio/vngio/reader.go
+++ b/zio/vngio/reader.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package vngio
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 
 	"github.com/brimdata/super"
 	"github.com/brimdata/super/pkg/field"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 type reader struct {
 	zctx     *super.Context
-	objects  []object
+	objects  []*vng.Object
 	n        int
 	readerAt io.ReaderAt
 	reader   zio.Reader
@@ -40,14 +41,10 @@ again:
 		if r.n >= len(r.objects) {
 			return nil, nil
 		}
-		meta := r.objects[r.n]
+		o := r.objects[r.n]
 		r.n++
-		o, err := vng.NewObject(io.NewSectionReader(r.readerAt, meta.start, meta.offset))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		r.reader, err = o.NewReader(r.zctx)
-		if err != nil {
+		var err error
+		if r.reader, err = o.NewReader(r.zctx); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -59,23 +56,20 @@ again:
 	return v, err
 }
 
-type object struct {
-	start, offset int64
-}
-
-func readObjects(r io.ReaderAt) ([]object, error) {
-	var objects []object
+func readObjects(r io.ReaderAt) ([]*vng.Object, error) {
+	var objects []*vng.Object
 	var start int64
 	for {
-		header, err := vng.ReadHeader(io.NewSectionReader(r, start, vng.HeaderSize))
+		// NewObject puts the right end to the passed in SectionReader and since
+		// the end is unkown just pass MaxInt64.
+		o, err := vng.NewObject(io.NewSectionReader(r, start, math.MaxInt64))
 		if err != nil {
 			if err == io.EOF && len(objects) > 0 {
 				return objects, nil
 			}
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		offset := int64(vng.HeaderSize) + int64(header.MetaSize+header.DataSize)
-		objects = append(objects, object{start, offset})
-		start += offset
+		objects = append(objects, o)
+		start += int64(o.Size())
 	}
 }
diff --git a/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go b/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3dce6f79e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zio/vngio/vectorreader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+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
+
+	objects    []object
+	nextObject *atomic.Int64
+	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,
+		objects:    objects,
+		nextObject: &atomic.Int64{},
+		projection: vcache.NewProjection(fields),
+		readerAt:   ra,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (v *VectorReader) NewConcurrentPuller() vector.Puller {
+	return &VectorReader{
+		ctx:        v.ctx,
+		zctx:       v.zctx,
+		objects:    v.objects,
+		nextObject: v.nextObject,
+		projection: v.projection,
+		readerAt:   v.readerAt,
+	}
+}
+
+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
+	}
+	meta := v.objects[n]
+	o, err := vng.NewObject(io.NewSectionReader(v.readerAt, meta.start, meta.offset))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return vcache.NewObjectFromVNG(o).Fetch(v.zctx, v.projection)
+}