# La Porte Municipal Airport (LPO / KPPO)

**La Porte Municipal Airport** (IATA: LPO, ICAO: KPPO) is a small airport in La Porte, Indiana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LPO / KPPO
- FAA: PPO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: La Porte, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 812 ft / 248 m
- Coordinates: 41.5725, -86.7345
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.laportemuniairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Porte_Municipal_Airport_(Indiana) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266448
- Weather station: KPPO
- Ident: KPPO

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: La Porte Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 020° / 200° | yes |
| 14/32 | 2,797 ft / 853 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 812 ft / 248 m | =21,156 of 43,403 | =9,886 in North America | =8,111 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOUTH BEND APP/DEP | 132.050 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.825 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 115.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |
| CTR | CHICAGO CTR | 135.900 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kppo/data