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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
69
▲ 99.2%
DEP / DAY
73
▲ 100.0%

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 69 arrivals and 73 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
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

57m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 281554Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP208 T02500161

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

14 total
TOP 9 250
Purdue University 84% SKY West Aviation 7% Aeronaves TSM 3% VJA 1% Netjets Aviation 1% Freight Runners Express 1% LGM Enterprises 1% American JET International Corp. (Houston 1% JET Linx Aviation 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 17
1I9 5
KMCX 5
KFKR 4
SHV 3
IAG 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 14
Purdue University
211
SKY West Aviation
17
Aeronaves TSM
8
VJA
3
Netjets Aviation
3
Freight Runners Express
2
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LGM Enterprises
2
American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
JET Linx Aviation
2
Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu)
2
ATP Flight School
2
MDV
2
WUP
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 360 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 → 41 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 17 0h 34m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 48m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 26m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 16m
LAFSHV
Shreveport, US
 Aeronaves TSM 3 1h 31m
LAFIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Aeronaves TSM 3 1h 10m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 29m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 12m
LAFIAD
Washington, DC, US
 MDV 2 1h 17m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 34m
LAF4IN7
Attica, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 19m
LAFHSV
Huntsville, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 14m
LAFIND
Indianapolis, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 1h 14m
LAFBJC
Denver, US
 VJA 1 2h 31m
LAFKUAO
Aurora, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 3h 22m
LAFHUF
Terre Haute, US
 ATP Flight School 1 0h 36m
LAFKHFY
Indianapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 1 0h 46m
LAF56LA
Keithville, US
 Aeronaves TSM 1 1h 28m
LAFCLT
Charlotte, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 19m
LAFSPZ
Springdale, US
 WUP 1 1h 33m
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