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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
47
▲ 118.5%
DEP / DAY
48
▲ 108.6%

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 47 arrivals and 48 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
9 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 232154Z 32009KT 10SM CLR 24/14 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02390139 $

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

11 total
TOP 9 138
Purdue University 67% SKY West Aviation 14% Netjets Aviation 7% JET Linx Aviation 4% Kent State University 3% VJA 1% Maxair 1% American JET International Corp. (Houston 1% Ameristar JET Charter 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 18
KFKR 2
95OH 2
KEYE 2
KMCX 2
SLC 2

Carriers

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Purdue University
93
SKY West Aviation
19
Netjets Aviation
9
JET Linx Aviation
5
Kent State University
4
VJA
2
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Maxair
2
American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
Ameristar JET Charter
2
HKW
2
Aeronaves TSM
2

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

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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 18 0h 34m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 36m
LAF95OH
Carey, US
 Kent State University 2 1h 40m
LAFKEYE
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 37m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 21m
LAFJVL
Janesville, US
 Purdue University 2 1h 42m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 33m
LAFDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 JET Linx Aviation 1 0h 32m
LAFSLC
Salt Lake City, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 3h 24m
LAFIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Aeronaves TSM 1 1h 17m
LAFIWD
Ironwood, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 16m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 38m
LAFJFK
New York, US
 JET Linx Aviation 1 2h 3m
LAFKMRT
Marysville, US
 Kent State University 1 1h 39m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 24m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 1 1h 22m
LAFUS-0468
Harrietta, US
 HKW 1 2h 14m
LAFCLT
Charlotte, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 19m
LAFTYS
Knoxville, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 55m
LAFK6I4
Lebanon, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 28m
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