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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
56
▼ 47.9%
DEP / DAY
53
▼ 52.7%

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 56 arrivals and 53 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

31m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
11 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 170330Z AUTO 35011KT 10SM CLR 09/06 A3033 RMK T00900060 MADISHF

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

16 total
TOP 9 217
Purdue University 71% SKY West Aviation 8% Berry Aviation 6% Netjets Aviation 5% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 3% Freight Runners Express 2% Cobalt AIR 2% Royal AIR Freight 2% VOK 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 18
MMI 15
CMI 5
IND 4
6IN3 3
CAK 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 16
Purdue University
155
SKY West Aviation
18
Berry Aviation
14
Netjets Aviation
10
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
6
Freight Runners Express
4
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Cobalt AIR
4
Royal AIR Freight
4
VOK
2
Kalitta Flying Service
2
Ameriflight
2
JET Linx Aviation
2
ATP Flight School
2
NGH
1
Leadership IN Flight Training
1
Delux Public Charter
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

3 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 3 PM · 1 movement every 212 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 17 0h 37m
LAFMMI
Athens, US
 Berry Aviation 10 1h 21m
LAFCMI
Champaign/Urbana, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 59m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 32m
LAFIND
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 1m
LAF31IN
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAFUS-0575
Warsaw, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 51m
LAFKASW
Warsaw, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 42m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAFMMI
Athens, US
 Royal AIR Freight 2 0h 56m
LAFCAK
Akron, US
 Berry Aviation 2 0h 59m
LAFPDK
Atlanta, US
 Cobalt AIR 2 1h 48m
LAFDPA
Chicago/West Chicago, US
 ATP Flight School 2 1h 39m
LAFPTK
Pontiac, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 0h 47m
LAFIAD
Washington, DC, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 19m
LAFKPRG
Paris, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 45m
LAFAID
Anderson, US
 Purdue University 2 1h 42m
LAFOSU
Columbus, US
 Purdue University 2 1h 45m
LAFMKE
Milwaukee, US
 Freight Runners Express 2 0h 39m
LAFCLE
Cleveland, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 45m
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