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KPPO La Porte Municipal Airport
La Porte, Indiana, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 08 SEPTEMBER 2022

Location

FAA Identifier: PPO
Lat/Long: 41-34-20.8810N 086-44-04.3000W
41-34.348017N 086-44.071667W
41.5724669,-86.7345278
(estimated)
Elevation: 812 ft. / 247.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (1995)
From city: 3 miles S of LA PORTE, IN
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -6 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 46350

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1940
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: HUF (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0700-1700, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT REIL RWY 02, 14, 20, & 32; PAPI RWY 02, 20, & 32; MIRL RWY 02/20 & 14/32 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.0
WX AWOS-3: 119.825 (219-326-6916)
SOUTH BEND APPROACH: 132.05
SOUTH BEND DEPARTURE: 132.05
WX AWOS-3 at MGC (9 nm NW): 128.450 (219-878-1106)
WX ASOS at VPZ (14 nm SW): 125.875 (219-531-1770)
WX AWOS-3 at OXI (15 nm S): 135.775 (574-772-2041)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON FREQS 135.9/317.6 (GOSHEN RCAG) WHEN SOUTH BEND APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
OXIr346/15.5KNOX VOR/DME115.6000E
GIJr238/22.1GIPPER VORTAC115.4000E
GSHr275/31.9GOSHEN VORTAC113.7000E
CGTr082/37.8CHICAGO HEIGHTS VORTAC114.2002E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
SEDLY043/9.721202WVP ...- .--.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A MOGAS
100LL:TRML FUEL AVBL DRG ATND HRS OR SVC CALL. SELF SERVE FUEL AVBL H24 ON E SIDE OF AIRFIELD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 2/20

Dimensions: 5000 x 75 ft. / 1524 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt/grooved, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 18.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 2  RUNWAY 20
Latitude: 41-33.932682N41-34.705827N
Longitude: 086-44.258860W086-43.881975W
Elevation: 800.3 ft.811.9 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 023 magnetic, 020 true203 magnetic, 200 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.45 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: LOCALIZER
Obstructions: 10 ft. crops, 201 ft. from runway, 240 ft. right of centerline10 ft. crops, 201 ft. from runway, 160 ft. left of centerline
10 FT CROPS 160 FT L OF RWY END.

Runway 14/32

Dimensions: 2797 x 60 ft. / 853 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 14  RUNWAY 32
Latitude: 41-34.562115N41-34.236767N
Longitude: 086-44.290982W086-43.856815W
Elevation: 810.0 ft.799.3 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 138 magnetic, 135 true318 magnetic, 315 true
Displaced threshold: 199 ft.198 ft.
Markings: basic, in good conditionbasic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path)
UNUSBL BYD 2 DEGS LEFT OF CNTRLN.
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 10 ft. crops, 201 ft. from runway
10 FT CROPS 80 FT FM RWY END 75 FT R & 150 FT L.		10 ft. crops, 201 ft. from runway
CLOSEST INTERCEPT POINT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: LA PORTE ARPT AUTH
2341 STATE RD 39S
LA PORTE, IN 46350
Phone 219-324-3393
EDWARD VOLK
Manager: ERIC BOBCEK
2341 STATE RD 39S
LA PORTE, IN 46350
Phone 219-324-3393

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 62
Single engine airplanes: 56
Multi engine airplanes: 5
Jet airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 43/day *
53% transient general aviation
47% local general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2019

Additional Remarks

- FARM EQUIP ON OR NEAR ACFT OPS AREAS.
- TWY LGTS AT TWY ENTRANCE ONLY.
- FOR CD CTC SOUTH BEND APCH AT 574-251-2609. WHEN SOUTH BEND APCH CLSD, FOR CD CTC CHICAGO ARTCC AT 630-906-8921.
- SVC AFT HR - 219-608-4707 OR 219-363-6659.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 8 September 2022 at 0901Z to 6 October 2022 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 02   download (273KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 20   download (244KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (37KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (164KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KMGC - Michigan City Municipal Airport-Phillips Field (9 nm NW)
KVPZ - Porter County Regional Airport (14 nm SW)
KOXI - Starke County Airport (15 nm S)
KSBN - South Bend International Airport (20 nm NE)
C65 - Plymouth Municipal Airport (23 nm SE)
  
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Sep-2022
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1111:11
Sunrise06:3811:38
Sunset18:3923:39
Evening civil twilight19:0600:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Sep-2022 05:45:03
Local (UTC-5)  25-Sep-2022 00:45:03
 
METAR
KPPO 250535Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM DZ BKN065 OVC090 14/14 A2975 RMK AO2 T01440144
KMGC 
9nm NW 		250535Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM -RA BKN060 BKN070 OVC090 14/13 A2974 RMK AO2
KVPZ 
14nm SW 		250456Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM FEW075 OVC100 16/14 A2976 RMK AO2 SLP074 T01560139 $
KOXI 
15nm S 		250535Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT085 BKN110 15/14 A2974 RMK AO1
TAF
KSBN 
20nm E 		241725Z 2418/2518 21012KT P6SM BKN050 FM242300 28004KT P6SM BKN090 FM250900 28007KT P6SM -SHRA BKN050 FM251300 29010G22KT P6SM BKN020
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

  
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 Services / Description 		 
Fuel Prices		 
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 LaPorte Municipal Airport
 219-324-3393
[web site]
[email]		 Airport management, Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, Aircraft rental, ...
 
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More info about LaPorte Municipal Airport
EPIC
100LL Jet A Mogas
FS $6.45 $5.40 --- 
SS $6.30 --- $5.90 
 Updated 22-Sep-2022
  
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FS=Full service
SS=Self service
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