KEKM Elkhart Municipal Airport
Elkhart, IN · 3 miles NW of ELKHART, IN
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KEKM
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 777.6 ft
- Coordinates
- 41-43-09.8622N 086-00-11.5883W
- Lat / Long
- 41.7194062, -86.003219
- Mag. variation
- 04W (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- CHICAGO CENTER
- FSS
- TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- EKM (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0600-2200
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 27; REIL RWY 09, 18 & 36; VASI RWY 09 & 36; PAPI RWY 18 & 27 - CTAF. WHEN ATCT CLSD HIRL RWY 09/27; MIRL RWY 18/36 PRESET LOW INTST; INCR INTST - CTAF.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KEKM
Runways
Longest 6500 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6500 x 120 ft. / 1981 x 37 m
- Surface
- concrete/grooved, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 40.0
Runway 9
- Heading
- 094 magnetic, 090 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:6500 TODA:6500 ASDA:6500 LDA:6500
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 770.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 40 ft. trees, 1050 ft. from runway, 21:1 slope to clear
Runway 27
- Heading
- 274 magnetic, 270 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:6500 TODA:6500 ASDA:6500 LDA:6500
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 777.1 ft.
- Obstructions
- 69 ft. trees, 2645 ft. from runway, 35:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 3999 x 75 ft. / 1219 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity Runway edge markings
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 45.0
Runway 18
- Heading
- 176 magnetic, 172 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001
- Markings
- nonprecision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 777.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- 40 ft. trees, 1200 ft. from runway, 25:1 slope to clear
Runway 36
- Heading
- 356 magnetic, 352 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4001 TODA:4001 ASDA:4001 LDA:4001
- Markings
- nonprecision, in poor condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 771.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 62 ft. trees, 1200 ft. from runway, 250 ft. both sides of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 2480 x 250 ft. / 756 x 76 m
- Surface
- turf, in excellent condition Runway edge markings
Runway 8
- Heading
- 093 magnetic, 089 true
- Declared distances
- TORA:2480 TODA:2480 ASDA:2480 LDA:2480
- Markings
- , in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 769.3 ft.
Runway 26
- Heading
- 273 magnetic, 269 true
- Declared distances
- TORA:2480 TODA:2480 ASDA:2480 LDA:2480
- Markings
- , in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 773.3 ft.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 5
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 119.5
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Wx Awos-3pt
- 124.475 (574-264-9002)
- Elkhart Ground
- 121.8 [0700-2100 MON-FRI, 0800-1800 SAT-SUN.]
- Elkhart Tower
- 119.5 [0700-2100 MON-FRI, 0800-1800 SAT-SUN.]
- South Bend Approach
- 118.55
- South Bend Departure
- 118.55
- Clearance Delivery
- 121.8 119.7 ;WHEN ELKHART TWR CLSD
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MINOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- CITY OF ELKHART 1211 CO RD 6 W ELKHART, IN 46514 Phone 574-264-5217
- Manager
- ANDY JONES 1211 CO RD 6 W ELKHART, IN 46514 Phone 574-264-5217
- Manager phone
- 574-264-5217
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.