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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
116
▲ 38.3%
DEP / DAY
119
▲ 35.8%

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 116 arrivals and 119 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

28m ago
Temp
92°F
Wind
3 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 032254Z 24003KT 10SM FEW090 33/23 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE AND E SLP129 T03330233

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

9 total
TOP 9 528
Purdue University 92% SKY West Aviation 4% Netjets Aviation 2% Freight Runners Express 1% Midwest Aviation (Omaha 0% LGM Enterprises 0% American JET International Corp. (Houston 0% ATP Flight School 0% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 0%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 20
KMCX 15
KFKR 11
4II9 7
4II0 6
1I9 5

Carriers

See all + destinations → 9
Purdue University
487
SKY West Aviation
20
Netjets Aviation
8
Freight Runners Express
4
Midwest Aviation (Omaha
2
LGM Enterprises
2
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American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
ATP Flight School
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
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 3 PM · 1 movement every 277 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 20 0h 33m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 15 0h 17m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 11 0h 29m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 7 0h 10m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 6 0h 17m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 51m
LAF5I2
Flora, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 14m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 58m
LAF1IN2
Wingate, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 15m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 8m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 8m
LAF15II
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 4m
LAFAUZ
Chicago/Aurora, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 15m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 33m
LAFDAL
Dallas, US
 American JET International Corp. (Houston 2 1h 49m
LAFMQY
Smyrna, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 31m
LAFFSD
Sioux Falls, US
 Freight Runners Express 2 1h 43m
LAFMKE
Milwaukee, US
 Freight Runners Express 2 0h 41m
LAFCAK
Akron, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 16m
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