La Porte Municipal Airport (Indiana) Explained

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La Porte Municipal Airport
Iata:LPO
Icao:KPPO
Faa:PPO
Type:Public
Owner:La Porte Airport Authority
City-Served:La Porte, Indiana
Opened:[1]
Elevation-F:812
Elevation-M:247
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Indiana
Pushpin Label:PPO
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:2/20
R1-Length-F:5,000
R1-Length-M:1,524
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:14/32
R2-Length-F:2,800
R2-Length-M:853
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:15,416
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:78
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

La Porte Municipal Airport 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.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

La Porte Municipal Airport covers an area of 188acres 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

  1. Web site: La Porte Municipal Airport. AirNav, LLC. 2016-10-18.
  2. , effective 2007-12-20
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/LPO Great Circle Mapper: LPO / KPPO - La Porte, Indiana (La Porte Municipal Airport)

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