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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
61
▲ 101.9%
DEP / DAY
64
▲ 96.1%

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 61 arrivals and 64 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

37m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 260830Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN090 17/15 A3001 RMK T01700150 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

11 total
TOP 9 216
Purdue University 83% SKY West Aviation 8% Aeronaves TSM 3% VJA 1% American JET International Corp. (Houston 1% JET Linx Aviation 1% Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu) 1% MDV 1% Netjets Aviation 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 17
KFKR 5
1I9 4
KMCX 4
0II5 3
IAD 3

Carriers

See all + destinations → 11
Purdue University
180
SKY West Aviation
17
Aeronaves TSM
6
VJA
3
American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
JET Linx Aviation
2
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Middle Tennessee State University (Mtsu)
2
MDV
2
Netjets Aviation
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

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 34m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 24m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 45m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 20m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 29m
LAFSHV
Shreveport, US
 Aeronaves TSM 2 1h 31m
LAFIAG
Niagara Falls, US
 Aeronaves TSM 2 1h 12m
LAFIAD
Washington, DC, US
 MDV 2 1h 17m
LAFKEYE
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 37m
LAFJVL
Janesville, US
 Purdue University 2 1h 42m
LAFHOU
Houston, US
 American JET International Corp. (Houston 1 1h 52m
LAF4IN7
Attica, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 19m
LAFBJC
Denver, US
 VJA 1 2h 31m
LAFIND
Indianapolis, US
 Leadership IN Flight Training 1 1h 14m
LAFTOL
Toledo, US
 Aeronaves TSM 1 0h 43m
LAF56LA
Keithville, US
 Aeronaves TSM 1 1h 28m
LAFCLT
Charlotte, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 19m
LAFK6I4
Lebanon, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 28m
LAFSPZ
Springdale, US
 WUP 1 1h 33m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 11m
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