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KLAF · LAF

Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
107
▲ 32.9%
DEP / DAY
112
▲ 28.2%

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 107 arrivals and 112 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 2 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
2
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
7 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KLAF 060254Z AUTO 02007KT 9SM CLR 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02280206 53011

Runways

2 installed

6,600 FT MAX
05/23
4,225 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
10/28
6,600 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

8 total
TOP 9 371
Purdue University 90% SKY West Aviation 5% Netjets Aviation 2% LGM Enterprises 1% VJA 1% Charlotte 1% American JET International Corp. (Houston 1% Kalitta Flying Service 0%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 19
KMCX 16
KFKR 15
37IN 12
KCFJ 9
4II9 8

Carriers

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Purdue University
334
SKY West Aviation
19
Netjets Aviation
7
LGM Enterprises
3
VJA
3
Charlotte
2
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American JET International Corp. (Houston
2
Kalitta Flying Service
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 257 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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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
LAFORD
Chicago, US
 SKY West Aviation 19 0h 34m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 16 0h 14m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 15 0h 25m
LAF37IN
Stockwell, US
 Purdue University 12 0h 16m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 9 0h 44m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 8 0h 9m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 8 0h 12m
LAF1I9
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 21m
LAF1IN2
Wingate, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 26m
LAFTYS
Knoxville, US
 Netjets Aviation 5 0h 53m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 19m
LAFIN29
Otterbein, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 14m
LAFPKB
Parkersburg, US
 Purdue University 4 2h 43m
LAF15II
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 5m
LAFKPCW
Port Clinton, US
 Purdue University 4 1h 58m
LAFHUF
Terre Haute, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 40m
LAFK5I4
Sheridan, US
 Purdue University 4 0h 40m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 12m
LAF7W7
Burnettsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 35m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 31m
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