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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
77
▲ 25.9%
DEP / DAY
77
▲ 20.2%

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 77 arrivals and 77 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

42m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 020230Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/24 A3000 RMK T02600240 MADISHF

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

8 total
TOP 9 357
Purdue University 91% SKY West Aviation 4% Netjets Aviation 1% Freight Runners Express 1% LGM Enterprises 1% American JET International Corp. (Houston 1% ATP Flight School 1% Aeronaves TSM 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 16
KMCX 12
KFKR 7
4II9 6
4II0 4
1I9 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
Purdue University
326
SKY West Aviation
16
Netjets Aviation
4
Freight Runners Express
3
LGM Enterprises
2
American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
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ATP Flight School
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

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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 16 0h 32m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 12 0h 20m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 7 0h 27m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 6 0h 10m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 22m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 0m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 58m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAF5I2
Flora, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 15m
LAF1IN2
Wingate, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 12m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 8m
LAFMQY
Smyrna, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 31m
LAFDAL
Dallas, US
 American JET International Corp. (Houston 2 1h 49m
LAFFSD
Sioux Falls, US
 Freight Runners Express 2 1h 43m
LAFCAK
Akron, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 16m
LAFRNZ
Rensselaer, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 35m
LAFIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Aeronaves TSM 1 1h 8m
LAFHSV
Huntsville, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 1h 14m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 11m
LAFKUAO
Aurora, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 3h 22m
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