Purdue University Airport is a public-use airport in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States. Owned by Purdue University, the airport is 2NM southwest of the central business district of Lafayette, in West Lafayette. Because of the heavy traffic generated by Purdue University and its flight programs, Purdue University Airport is one of the busiest airports in Indiana, second only to Indianapolis International Airport.As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,959 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,518 enplanements in 2009, and 1,405 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport. The facility no longer offers scheduled commercial airline service. Airline flights operated for over 40 years, then abruptly ended in the mid 2000s. As of early 2017, Adam Baxmeyer is the airport manager.
