Airport type Public Opened April 1940 (1940-04) 2/20 5,000 Elevation 247 m | Serves La Porte, Indiana Elevation AMSL 812 ft / 247 m Code LPO Phone +1 219-324-3393 | |
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Owner La Porte Airport Authority Address 2341 IN-39, La Porte, IN 46350, USA Similar H & R Aviation, Ellington Airport, La Porte Municipal Court, Baytown Airport, Ascent Aviation LLC Profiles | ||
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.