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]

La Porte Municipal Airport
IATA: LPO ICAO: KPPO FAA LID: PPO
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	La Porte Airport Authority
Serves	La Porte, Indiana
Opened	April 1940 (1940-04)[1]
Elevation AMSL	812 ft / 247 m
Map
PPO Location of airport in Indiana/United States Show map of Indiana PPO PPO (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 2/20 5,000 1,524 Asphalt 14/32 2,800 853 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 15,416 Based aircraft 78
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[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

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]

References

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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