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La Porte Municipal Airport (Indiana)

Coordinates: 41°34′21″N 086°44′04″W / 41.57250°N 86.73444°W / 41.57250; -86.73444
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41°34′21″N 086°44′04″W / 41.57250°N 86.73444°W / 41.57250; -86.73444

La Porte Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerLa Porte Airport Authority
ServesLa Porte, Indiana
OpenedApril 1940 (1940-04)[1]
Elevation AMSL812 ft / 247 m
Map
PPO is located in Indiana
PPO
PPO
Location of airport in Indiana
PPO is located in the United States
PPO
PPO
PPO (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 operations15,416
Based aircraft78
La Porte Municipal Airport
La Porte Municipal Airport

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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "La Porte Municipal Airport". AirNav, LLC. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  2. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for PPO PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: LPO / KPPO - La Porte, Indiana (La Porte Municipal Airport)
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