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Purdue University Airport

40.41230°N
-86.93690°W
ARR / DAY
94
▼ 7.7%
DEP / DAY
97
▼ 11.0%

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 94 arrivals and 97 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

31m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
5 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KLAF 121755Z AUTO 23005KT 10SM CLR 29/16 A2992 RMK T02900160 MADISHF

Runways

2 installed

6,600 FT MAX
05/23
4,226 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
10/28
6,600 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Top carriers

Share of flights

15 total
TOP 9 391
Purdue University 88% SKY West Aviation 5% Berry Aviation 2% Kalitta Flying Service 1% ATP Flight School 1% Netjets Aviation 1% Holman Leasing Systems 1% Pilatus Flugzeugwerke 1% Midwest Aviation (Omaha 1%

Top destinations

By flight count

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ORD 20
4II9 15
KMCX 14
KFKR 11
37IN 9
IG02 8

Carriers

See all + destinations → 15
Purdue University
343
SKY West Aviation
20
Berry Aviation
8
Kalitta Flying Service
4
ATP Flight School
4
Netjets Aviation
4
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Holman Leasing Systems
3
Pilatus Flugzeugwerke
3
Midwest Aviation (Omaha
2
Freight Runners Express
2
Delux Public Charter
2
Flexjet LLC (Richardson
2
Royal AIR Freight
2
NGH
1
MN Airlines
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

1 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 2 PM · 1 movement every 212 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 20 0h 40m
LAF4II9
Brookston, US
 Purdue University 15 0h 10m
LAFKMCX
Monticello, US
 Purdue University 14 0h 19m
LAFKFKR
Frankfort, US
 Purdue University 11 0h 33m
LAF37IN
Stockwell, US
 Purdue University 9 0h 26m
LAFIG02
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 8 0h 10m
LAF15II
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 6 0h 7m
LAF31IN
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 6 0h 17m
LAFMMI
Athens, US
 Berry Aviation 6 1h 16m
LAF6IN3
Lafayette, US
 Purdue University 5 0h 10m
LAFCMI
Champaign/Urbana, US
 Purdue University 4 1h 12m
LAF0II5
Chalmers, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 24m
LAFKMQJ
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 4m
LAFGYY
Gary, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 43m
LAFKCFJ
Crawfordsville, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 36m
LAFMIE
Muncie, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 48m
LAFIND
Indianapolis, US
 Purdue University 3 1h 1m
LAFK5I4
Sheridan, US
 Purdue University 3 0h 35m
LAF4II0
Delphi, US
 Purdue University 2 0h 19m
LAFKHFY
Indianapolis, US
 ATP Flight School 2 0h 45m
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