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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
4
66.7%
DEP / DAY
4
60.5%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPPO 261815Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM 30/23 A2993 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

20
46% of ops
414 land · 389 TO
02
42% of ops
381 land · 213 TO
14
6% of ops
55 land · 7 TO
32
6% of ops
55 land · 30 TO
Runway 20 carries 46% of operations (414 landings, 389 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

20 414 landings
UA 7%
02 381 landings
UA 6%
14 55 landings
UA 31%
32 55 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 20 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 414 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
13.7
flights/day · 412 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–9pm local, averaging 13.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (21.4 vs 11.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 325 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 22:36 UTC