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La Porte Municipal Airport (Indiana)
La Porte Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of La Porte, Indiana, La Porte, a city in La Porte County, Indiana, La Porte County, Indiana, United States. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the Federal Aviation Administration, FAA and International Air Transport Association, IATA, La Porte Municipal Airport is assigned PPO by the FAA and LPO by the IATA. The airport's International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO identifier is KPPO. Facilities and aircraft La Porte Municipal Airport covers an area of which contains two Asphalt concrete, 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Porte, Indiana
La Porte () is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana metropolitan statistical area, which is included in the Chicago– Naperville–Michigan City, Illinois–Indiana– Wisconsin combined statistical area. La Porte is located in northwest Indiana, east of Gary, and west of South Bend. It was first settled by European Americans in 1832. The city is twinned with Grangemouth in Scotland. History The settlement of La Porte was established in July 1832. Abraham P. Andrew, one of the purchasers of the site, constructed the first sawmill in that year. The first settler arrived in October, building a permanent cabin just north of what would become the courthouse square. After the US extinguished land claims by the Potowatomi and other historic tribes of the area by treaty and removal to Indian Territory, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |