{"id":3941,"date":"2026-02-16T20:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T20:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:07:40","slug":"soar-into-spring-with-convenient-flights-at-the-purdue-university-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/blog\/2026\/02\/16\/soar-into-spring-with-convenient-flights-at-the-purdue-university-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Soar into spring with convenient flights at the Purdue University Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\">\n<p>As spring travel plans start to soar, the Purdue University Airport (LAF) remains a convenient and efficient option for travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The easy-to-access airport is located just minutes from campus and the Greater Lafayette community, meaning less time on the road and more time to enjoy your spring getaway. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering commercial air service through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.united.com\/en\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Airlines<\/a>, travelers fly from West Lafayette to Chicago O\u2019Hare International Airport (ORD) to connect to hundreds of destinations across the country and around the world. The flights to and from ORD are onboard CRJ200 twin-engine jets, with capacity for 50 passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s for business or personal travel, the Purdue University Airport is a convenient, connected and community-centered option. Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">book<\/a> your spring travel today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What people are saying:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur business has found flights out of Purdue (LAF) to be both convenient AND cost effective, making it the easy first choice in most circumstances. When factoring in the employee\u2019s time, mileage, and parking fees, it\u2019s been a great value for our company so far. It\u2019s now my first choice for business and personal travel.\u201d &#8211; Clint Wichert, Vice President of Detection, Teledyne FLIR Defense<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI loved the experience and ease of travel from LAF! It was a great flight with only 19 minutes in the air.\u201d &#8211; Alex Mitchell, Owner and CEO, Reliable Insurance<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As spring travel plans start to soar, the Purdue University Airport (LAF) remains a convenient and efficient option for travelers. The easy-to-access airport is located just minutes from campus and the Greater Lafayette community, meaning less time on the road<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,51],"tags":[17,148],"location":[],"class_list":["post-3941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-community","category-commercial-air-service","tag-campus-and-community","tag-commercial-air-service"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 17:48:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3944,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3941\/revisions\/3944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3941"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=3941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}