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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

38m ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
14 kts
150°
Visib
Ceil
METAR KPPO 272215Z AUTO 15014G19KT 1/2SM VCTS RA FG OVC005 21/21 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT ALQDS PRESFR

Runway intelligence

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

20
47% of ops
408 land · 386 TO
02
42% of ops
362 land · 201 TO
32
6% of ops
55 land · 30 TO
14
5% of ops
46 land · 4 TO
Runway 20 carries 47% of operations (408 landings, 386 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

20 408 landings
UA 7%
02 362 landings
UA 6%
32 55 landings
UA 15%
14 46 landings
UA 30%
Approaches to 20 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 408 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
13.1
flights/day · 394 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 13.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (19.2 vs 11.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 311 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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