# Purdue University Airport (LAF / KLAF)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klaf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LAF / KLAF
- FAA: LAF
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 606 ft / 185 m
- Coordinates: 40.4129, -86.9394
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,600 ft / 2,012 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 21,704 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Website: https://www.purdue.edu/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_University_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7260984
- Weather station: KLAF
- Ident: KLAF

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Purdue University Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 6,600 ft / 2,012 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 099° / 279° | yes |
| 05/23 | 4,225 ft / 1,288 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00220AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 17,742 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 5,652 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 4,797 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 11,335 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 21,704 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 119 mi / 192 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from LAF, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 22K (2025) | #2,406 of 3,974 | #563 in North America | #389 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,600 ft / 2,012 m | =3,789 of 29,858 | =948 in North America | =724 in US |
| Elevation | 606 ft / 185 m | #25,230 of 43,403 | #12,148 in North America | #10,123 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.750 |
| CNTR | CHICAGO CNTR | 123.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | LAFAYETTE TWR | 119.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |
| A/D | GRISSOM A/D | 123.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [GUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgus.md) Grissom Air Reserve Base · 44 mi / 71 km
- [IND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kind.md) Indianapolis International Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [IKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kikk.md) Greater Kankakee Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [HUF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khuf.md) Terre Haute Regional Airport, Hulman Field · 69 mi / 111 km
- [VPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpz.md) Porter County Municipal Airport · 72 mi / 116 km
- [CMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcmi.md) University of Illinois Willard Airport · 75 mi / 121 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Purdue University Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Purdue_University_Airport&oldid=1373765851), revision of 7 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/klaf/data