La Porte Municipal Airport (Indiana)

Infobox Airport
name = La Porte Municipal Airport


IATA = LPO
ICAO = KPPO
FAA = PPO
type = Public
owner = La Porte Airport Authority
operator =
city-served = La Porte, Indiana
location =
elevation-f = 812
elevation-m = 247
website =
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 AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=PPO|use=PU|own=PU|site=05424.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

La Porte Municipal Airport airport codes|LPO|KPPO|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. [ [http://gc.kls2.com/airport/LPO Great Circle Mapper: LPO / KPPO - La Porte, Indiana (La Porte Municipal Airport)] ]

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 meassuring 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.cityoflaporte.com/liv_cityresairport.asp Airport page] at City of La Porte web site
*WikiMapia|41.5725|-86.7345|15|Aerial photo
*US-airport-minor|PPO|LPO