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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
92
▲ 67.1%
DEP / DAY
94
▲ 63.7%

Purdue University Airport (KLAF/LAF) is a medium general aviation airport located in Lafayette, IN, 61 mi north west of Indianapolis. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 92 arrivals and 94 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
4 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 012254Z 23004KT 10SM FEW090 33/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T03330239

Runways

2 installed

6,600 FT MAX
05/23
4,225 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
10/28
6,600 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

10 total
TOP 9 419
Purdue University 91% SKY West Aviation 4% Netjets Aviation 1% Aeronaves TSM 1% Freight Runners Express 1% LGM Enterprises 0% American JET International Corp. (Houston 0% Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu) 0% ATP Flight School 0%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 18
KMCX 14
KFKR 10
4II9 6
1I9 5
4II0 4

Carriers

See all + destinations → 10
Purdue University
382
SKY West Aviation
18
Netjets Aviation
4
Aeronaves TSM
4
Freight Runners Express
3
LGM Enterprises
2
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American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu)
2
ATP Flight School
2
Leadership IN Flight Training
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.600 —
TWR 119.600 0700-2100
TWR 343.625 0700-2100
GND 121.900 0700-2100
GND 343.625 0700-2100
ATIS 127.750 0700-2100
APCH 123.850 —
APCH 291.675 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
LCL/P 119.600 0700-2100
LAFAYETT 122.200 —
OTHER 122.200 —
LAFAYETT 123.850 —
OTHER 123.850 —
EMERG 243.000 0700-2100
LCL/P 343.625 0700-2100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KLAF · last 7d

2 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 PM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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See all routes → 54 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 18 0h 33m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 14 0h 20m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 10 0h 24m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 6 0h 10m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 53m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 22m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 58m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 9m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 20m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAF5I2
Flora, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 15m
LAF1IN2
Wingate, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 12m
LAFIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Aeronaves TSM 2 1h 7m
LAFDAL
Dallas, US
 American JET International Corp. (Houston 2 1h 49m
LAFMQY
Smyrna, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 31m
LAFFSD
Sioux Falls, US
 Freight Runners Express 2 1h 43m
LAFCAK
Akron, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 16m
LAFUS-1108
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 21m
LAFRNZ
Rensselaer, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 35m
LAFHSV
Huntsville, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 14m
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