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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
5
60.9%
DEP / DAY
5
17.9%

La Porte Municipal Airport (KPPO/LPO) is a small general aviation airport located in La Porte, IN, 26 mi west of South Bend. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
9 kts
10°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPPO 192315Z AUTO 01009KT 10SM CLR 24/19 A2992 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

02
45% of ops
149 land · 89 TO
20
39% of ops
127 land · 119 TO
14
11% of ops
36 land · 1 TO
32
5% of ops
16 land · 11 TO
Runway 02 carries 45% of operations (149 landings, 89 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 39%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

02 149 landings
UA 4%
20 127 landings
UA 12%
14 36 landings
UA 19%
32 16 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 02 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 149 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
14.4
flights/day · 433 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 7pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 14.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (10.8 vs 16.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 317 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 132.050
APCH 257.800
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 119.825
OTHER 135.900
GOSHEN R 135.900
OTHER 314.000
GOSHEN R 314.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
812 ft
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:03 UTC