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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
96
▼ 15.3%
DEP / DAY
98
▼ 16.2%

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 96 arrivals and 98 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

32m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
6 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 070554Z AUTO 07006KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP188 T01780150 10228 20167 55001

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

8 total
TOP 9 432
Purdue University 91% SKY West Aviation 5% Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2% Netjets Aviation 1% Midwest Aviation (Omaha 0% United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 0% ATP Flight School 0% NON 0%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 20
KMCX 9
KFKR 8
4II0 4
5I2 4
KCFJ 4

Carriers

See all + destinations → 8
Purdue University
391
SKY West Aviation
20
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
8
Netjets Aviation
6
Midwest Aviation (Omaha
2
United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond
2
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ATP Flight School
2
NON
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 2 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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See all routes → 54 routes
Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 20 0h 36m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 9 0h 17m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 8 0h 29m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 21m
LAF5I2
Flora, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 14m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 43m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 11m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 7m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 7m
LAF15II
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 4m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 30m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 30m
LAF7Y2
Thompsonville, US
 Purdue University 2 2h 30m
LAFPDK
Atlanta, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 2 1h 7m
LAFIWD
Ironwood, US
 Netjets Aviation 2 1h 12m
LAFCLE
Cleveland, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 53m
LAFRNZ
Rensselaer, US
 Purdue University 1 0h 35m
LAFPHL
Philadelphia, US
 Netjets Aviation 1 1h 30m
LAFKHFY
Indianapolis, US
 United States AIR Force Auxiliary / Civil AIR Patrol (Richmond 1 0h 42m
LAFLUK
Cincinnati, US
 Flexjet LLC (Richardson 1 0h 29m
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