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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
8
18.2%
DEP / DAY
8
27.0%

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 8 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
4 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPPO 070515Z AUTO 05004KT 10SM BKN060 16/16 A3012 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

02
46% of ops
195 land · 99 TO
20
38% of ops
162 land · 174 TO
32
8% of ops
34 land · 39 TO
14
8% of ops
32 land · 7 TO
Runway 02 carries 46% of operations (195 landings, 99 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

02 195 landings
UA 9%
20 162 landings
UA 7%
32 34 landings
UA 6%
14 32 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 02 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (18 UA events from 195 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
12.3
flights/day · 368 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–10pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (12.8 vs 12.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 312 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:18 UTC