41°34′21″N 086°44′04″W / 41.57250°N 86.73444°W / 41.57250; -86.73444
Airport| La Porte Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | La Porte Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | La Porte, Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | April 1940 (1940-04) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 812 ft / 247 m | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
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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.
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.
Facilities and aircraft
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).
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.
See also
References
- "La Porte Municipal Airport". AirNav, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ 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
- 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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