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KPPO · LPO

La Porte Municipal Airport

41.57250°N
-86.73450°W
ARR / DAY
9
1.6%
DEP / DAY
10
4.4%

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 9 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
7 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPPO 022235Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 33/25 A2994 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

02
43% of ops
165 land · 81 TO
20
42% of ops
161 land · 169 TO
32
8% of ops
32 land · 38 TO
14
7% of ops
29 land · 4 TO
Runway 02 carries 43% of operations (165 landings, 81 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

02 165 landings
UA 8%
20 161 landings
UA 7%
32 32 landings
UA 6%
14 29 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 02 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (14 UA events from 165 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
11.7
flights/day · 350 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–10pm local, averaging 11.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.0 vs 12.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 298 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
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