Purdue University Airport

Purdue University Airport
Aerial view, March 2007
IATA: LAF ICAO: KLAF FAA LID: LAF
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Purdue University
Serves	Lafayette, Indiana
Location	West Lafayette, Indiana
Elevation AMSL	606 ft / 185 m
Coordinates	40°24′44″N 86°56′13″W / 40.41222°N 86.93694°W / 40.41222; -86.93694Coordinates: 40°24′44″N 86°56′13″W / 40.41222°N 86.93694°W / 40.41222; -86.93694
Website	www.purdue.edu/airport/
Maps
Location of Tippecanoe County in Indiana
LAF Location of airport in Tippecanoe County
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 6,600 2,012 Asphalt 5/23 4,225 1,288 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 95,690 Based aircraft 83
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Purdue University Airport (IATA: LAF, ICAO: KLAF, FAA LID: LAF) is a public-use airport in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. Owned by Purdue University, the airport is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of the central business district of Lafayette, in West Lafayette. Because of the heavy traffic generated by Purdue University and its flight programs, Purdue University Airport is one of the busiest airports in Indiana, second only to Indianapolis International Airport.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,959 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,518 enplanements in 2009, and 1,405 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport. The facility no longer offers scheduled commercial airline service. Airline flights operated for over 40 years, then abruptly ended in the mid 2000s. As of early 2017, Adam Baxmeyer is the airport manager.