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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
27
▼ 37.4%
DEP / DAY
29
▼ 37.7%

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 27 arrivals and 29 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

1h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 152154Z 25004KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02780233

Runways

2 installed

6,600 FT MAX
05/23
4,226 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
10/28
6,600 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

11 total
TOP 9 65
Purdue University 34% SKY West Aviation 29% Netjets Aviation 11% LGM Enterprises 6% ISU 6% Royal AIR Freight 5% Ameristar JET Charter 3% JET Linx Aviation 3% WNG 3%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 15
KMCX 2
HUF 2
OMA 2
MSY 2
MDW 2

Carriers

See all + destinations → 11
Purdue University
22
SKY West Aviation
19
Netjets Aviation
7
LGM Enterprises
4
ISU
4
Royal AIR Freight
3
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Ameristar JET Charter
2
JET Linx Aviation
2
WNG
2
Elite AIR
2
Baker Aviation
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 1 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 → 28 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 15 0h 34m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 32m
LAFHUF
Terre Haute, US
 ISU 2 0h 36m
LAFOMA
Omaha, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 11m
LAFMSY
New Orleans, US
 LGM Enterprises 2 1h 58m
LAFTYS
Knoxville, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 51m
LAFSTL
St Louis, US
 JET Linx Aviation 1 0h 42m
LAFMKE
Milwaukee, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 0h 38m
LAFGRR
Grand Rapids, US
 SKY West Aviation 1 1h 7m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 41m
LAFCAE
Columbia, US
 Royal AIR Freight 1 2h 13m
LAFOKK
Kokomo, US
 WNG 1 0h 27m
LAFMCI
Kansas City, US
 Royal AIR Freight 1 1h 37m
LAFMDW
Chicago, US
 ISU 1 0h 52m
LAFABI
Abilene, US
 LGM Enterprises 1 2h 16m
LAFFWA
Fort Wayne, US
 Elite AIR 1 0h 28m
LAF5I2
Flora, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 28m
LAFPWA
Oklahoma City, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 2h 41m
LAFPWK
Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 0h 32m
LAFPWT
Bremerton, US
 Baker Aviation 1 3h 21m
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