LA Porte Municipal
PPO · KPPO · La Porte, Indiana · La Porte County · map
LA Porte Municipal is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of La Porte, Indiana, 812 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PPO · ICAO KPPO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 812 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 2,797 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 199 ft, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 198 ft, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.05 | |
| Ppo and aWOS-3PT | 119.825 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 219-326-6916.
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Aircraft registered in La Porte from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in La Porte, Indiana: 30 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02, 14, 20, and 32; PAPI runway 02, 20, and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Edward volk
- 10 feet crops 80 feet from runway end 75 feet R and 150 feet L.
- 10 feet crops 160 feet L of runway end.
- Unusable beyond 2 degreess left of centerline.
- Closest intcp point.
- Closest intcp point.
- Approach slope 35:1 from dthr.
- Farm equip on or near operations areas.
- Taxiway lights at taxiway entrance only.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.