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LAF

Purdue University Airport
West Lafayette, United States · KLAF
CHANCE YOU STEP OFF ANY BOARDING SAFELY
99.999993%
This is the worldwide boarding figure, not LAF's — two different numbers, answering two different questions. LAF's own NTSB/FAA safety record is below.
FLIGHTS / YEAR
38.7M
DEATH RISK
1 / 13.7M boardings
SOURCE: MIT / ARNOLD BARNETT, 2024 (opens in a new window) HOW THIS NUMBER IS DERIVED
AIRPORT FACTS
IATA / ICAOLAF / KLAF
CityWest Lafayette
CountryUnited States
Airport classMedium airport
Runways2
Longest runway2,012 m (6,600 ft)
Coordinates40.413, -86.939
Its longest runway beats 29% of the 3,254 commercial airports listed on this site. Runway figures from OurAirports (opens in a new window), public domain.
NTSB / FAA SAFETY RECORD — LAF §
4.674
ACCIDENTS / MILLION DEPARTURES §
0.000
WITH FATALITIES §
9 accidents (no fatal accidents, 0 deaths) over 1,925,546 FAA-tracked departures, 2008–2025. §

No fatal accident in the NTSB record for LAF, 2008–2025 — absence of record, not a guarantee.

Checked 2026-07-10.
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Statistically Fine — LAF — Purdue University Airport safety record
https://statisticallyfine.com/airport/LAF/
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EXAMPLE FLIGHTS — NOT LAF DEPARTURES

ALL FLIGHTS →
BA 249 LHR → GIG · 787-9 SAFE ✓ UA 92 EWR → LIS · 767-300 SAFE ✓ AA 100 JFK → LHR · 777-300ER SAFE ✓ JL 44 HND → SYD · A350-900 SAFE ✓
These are example flights from elsewhere on the site, not real LAF arrivals. Live per-airport schedules wire in with a flight-data API.
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