West Lafayette, Indiana (KLAF) VOR-A

A trip to West Lafayette, Indiana, to visit Purdue University (see feature on page 44), or perhaps getting some flight training there while in college, might just find a pilot with a need to fly the VOR-A approach. Or it just might be that your CFI (or mean old DPE on your IFR practical test) is putting you through the paces and asking you to fly it. It’s an old-school kind of approach. So let’s dig into some of the things you might want to take note of when trying to land at Purdue University Airport (KLAF).