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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 35.5%
DEP / DAY
6
▼ 30.4%

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 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

36m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
5 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPPO 191855Z AUTO 19005KT 10SM CLR 19/03 A3038 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

02
51% of ops
143 land · 68 TO
20
29% of ops
83 land · 91 TO
14
13% of ops
36 land · 12 TO
32
7% of ops
21 land · 16 TO
Runway 02 carries 51% of operations (143 landings, 68 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

02 143 landings
UA 9%
20 83 landings
UA 6%
14 36 landings
UA 22%
32 21 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 02 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (13 UA events from 143 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
12.6
flights/day · 377 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 12.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (16.6 vs 11.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (51% of 296 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 19:31 UTC