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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
82
▼ 21.9%
DEP / DAY
83
▼ 24.5%

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 82 arrivals and 83 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

48m ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
5 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 122354Z 19005KT 10SM CLR 27/13 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP102 T02670133 10311 20267 56003

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

14 total
TOP 9 323
Purdue University 86% SKY West Aviation 6% Berry Aviation 2% Kalitta Flying Service 1% Netjets Aviation 1% Holman Leasing Systems 1% Midwest Aviation (Omaha 1% Delux Public Charter 1% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 20
4II9 11
KFKR 10
KMCX 10
37IN 7
MMI 7

Carriers

See all + destinations → 14
Purdue University
278
SKY West Aviation
20
Berry Aviation
8
Kalitta Flying Service
4
Netjets Aviation
4
Holman Leasing Systems
3
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Midwest Aviation (Omaha
2
Delux Public Charter
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
2
Royal AIR Freight
2
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
2
ATP Flight School
2
NGH
1
MN Airlines
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

1 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 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 20 0h 38m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 11 0h 11m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 10 0h 34m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 10 0h 19m
LAF37IN
Stockwell, US
 Purdue University 7 0h 24m
LAFMMI
Athens, US
 Berry Aviation 6 1h 16m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 13m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 10m
LAF31IN
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 20m
LAFCMI
Champaign/Urbana, US
 Purdue University 4 1h 12m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 24m
LAFKMQJ
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 4m
LAFK5I4
Sheridan, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 35m
LAFGYY
Gary, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 43m
LAFMIE
Muncie, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 48m
LAFIND
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 1m
LAFFWA
Fort Wayne, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 29m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 36m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 19m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 21m
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