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Purdue University Airport

Purdue University Airport is a public-use in , , . It is owned by Purdue University, and is 2 nautical miles southwest of the central business district of , in .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
  • Also known as: “KLAF”, “LAF”, “Lafayette Airport”, “Perdue University Airport”, and “West Lafayette Airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ross–Ade Stadium and Mackey Arena.

Stadium
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is a in , on the campus of Purdue University. It is the home field of Purdue Boilermakers football.

Stadium
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is located in . Part of the Purdue University campus, it is home to the university's basketball teams, and occasionally hosts home games for the volleyball and wrestling teams.

Fountain
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The Purdue Mall Water Sculpture, often referred to as the , is a water sculpture and fountain located at the main campus of Purdue University in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Lafayette and Ouiatanon.

Town
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is a city in , United States. The population was 44,595 at the 2020 census. sits across the from its sister city, , and is a college town, home to Purdue University.

Locality
Ouiatenon was a dwelling place of members of the Wea tribe of Native Americans. The name Ouiatenon, also variously given as , Oujatanon, Ouiatano or other similar forms, is a French rendering of a term from the Wea dialect of the Miami-Illinois language which means "place of the people of the whirlpool", an ethnonym for the Wea.

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is the county seat of Tippecanoe County, . It is located 2 hours southeast of and 1 hour northwest of . The Greater metropolitan area consists of the cities of and West .

Purdue University Airport

Latitude
40.4122° or 40° 24′ 44″ north
Longitude
-86.94019° or 86° 56′ 25″ west
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
IATA airport code
LAF
ICAO airport code
KLAF
United Nations Location Code
US LAF
Open location code
86GMC365+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 74159790
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
4924709
Wiki­data ID
Q7260984
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Purdue University Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Purdue University Airport”
  • Chinese: “普渡大學機場”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار جامعة بوردو”
  • French: “aérodrome de Purdue University”
  • French: “LAF”
  • Indonesian: “KLAF”
  • Indonesian: “LAF”
  • Japanese: “パデュー大学空港”
  • Persian: “KLAF”
  • Persian: “LAF”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه دانشگاه پردیو”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Purdue University”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи донишгоҳ прдю”
  • Urdu: “پرڈیو یونیورسٹی ایئرپورٹ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Tippecanoe Solar Power Plant and First United Methodist Church.

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