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I've heard quite a few people say VGC colors don't airbrush very well, so I've decided to switch over to VMA for airbrushing basecoats and whatnot. I've looked at all kinds of compatability charts and haven't been able to find a good analog for VGC Heavy Red. I don't want to just eyeball a match as I'm partially colorblind and don't trust my eyes for something like this.

Any recommendations?

I haven't had a problem with airbrushing VGC, some colors just need less than others in the thinning department. (bloody red needed very little for me) Once I got thinning down the way I wanted, I rarely had issues that were not user error related.

Heavy Red is an extra opaque so you won't find an exact match I'd say. It's just a basecoat though so you use it when you want something vaguely red to put other reds over its fairly solid coverage. I might be showing my inexperience by saying that though haha.

As Paitryn said, you can airbrush VGC - including the extra opaques - fine, you just need to thin them and maybe turn up the pressure. Vallejo have an airbrush thinner which I use, others use distilled water or some other things.