La Porte Municipal Airport (Indiana)
41°34′21″N 086°44′04″W / 41.57250°N 86.73444°W
La Porte Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | La Porte Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | La Porte, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 1940[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 812 ft / 247 m | ||||||||||||||
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La Porte Municipal Airport (IATA: LPO, ICAO: KPPO, FAA LID: PPO) is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of La Porte, a city in La Porte County, Indiana, United States.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, La Porte Municipal Airport is assigned PPO by the FAA and LPO by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KPPO.[3]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]La Porte Municipal Airport covers an area of 188 acres (76 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 at 5,000 x 75 ft (1,524 x 23 m) and 14/32 measuring 2,800 x 60 ft (853 x 18 m).[2]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 15,416 aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% air taxi. There are 78 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 5% multi-engine and 4% jet.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "La Porte Municipal Airport". AirNav, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for PPO PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: LPO / KPPO - La Porte, Indiana (La Porte Municipal Airport)
External links
[edit]- Airport page at City of La Porte web site
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PPO
- AirNav airport information for PPO
- ASN accident history for LPO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for PPO
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