LAF

Purdue University Airport

ICAO KLAF40.4129°N 86.9394°W606 ft / 185 mMedium airport
On the map

Purdue University Airport (IATA: LAF, ICAO: KLAF) is a medium airport in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,600 ft (2,012 m). In 2025 it handled 22 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1940–1940
APR 1940
OpenedPurdue University Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
10/28099° / 279° · LIT
LENGTH6,600 ft2,012 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
05/23050° / 230° · LIT
LENGTH4,225 ft1,288 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2019–2025
18K
6K
5K
11K
22K
1922232425

Routes

1 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LAF. From the Wikipedia article “Purdue University Airport” (revision of 7 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers22K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,406of 3,974 · #563 North America · #389 USLongest runway6,600 ft2,012 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,789of 29,823 · =948 North America · =724 USElevation606 ft185 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#25,203of 43,341 · #12,144 North America · #10,120 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
ATISATIS127.750
CNTRCHICAGO CNTR123.850
CTAFCTAF119.600
GNDGND121.900
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO122.200
TWRLAFAYETTE TWR119.600
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DGRISSOM A/D123.850