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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
3
48.7%
DEP / DAY
4
39.0%

La Porte Municipal Airport (KPPO/LPO) is a small general aviation airport located in La Porte, IN, 26 mi west of South Bend. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPPO 142255Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 25/25 A3009 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

02
42% of ops
308 land · 209 TO
20
40% of ops
291 land · 235 TO
14
10% of ops
74 land · 5 TO
32
8% of ops
58 land · 23 TO
Runway 02 carries 42% of operations (308 landings, 209 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 40%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

02 308 landings
UA 5%
20 291 landings
UA 9%
14 74 landings
UA 16%
32 58 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 02 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 308 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
16.3
flights/day · 488 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 16.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (18.0 vs 16.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (40% of 342 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000
APCH 132.050
APCH 257.800
UNICOM 123.000
AWOS 119.825
OTHER 135.900
GOSHEN R 135.900
OTHER 314.000
GOSHEN R 314.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
812 ft
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 08:26 UTC