Elkhart Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | City of Elkhart | ||||||||||||||||||
Serves | Elkhart, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 778 ft / 237 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°43′10″N 086°00′12″W / 41.71944°N 86.00333°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Elkhart Municipal Airport (IATA: EKI, ICAO: KEKM, FAA LID: EKM) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Elkhart, a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Elkhart Municipal Airport is assigned EKM by the FAA and EKI by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEKM.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Elkhart Municipal Airport covers an area of 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,500 by 120 feet (1,981 x 37 m) and 18/36 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m). It also has one turf runway designated 8/26 which measures 2,500 by 100 feet (762 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 33,211 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 8% jet, 4% helicopter and 3% military.[1]
Historical airline service
[edit]- Air Wisconsin - provided service from the 1970s through 1987 to Chicago O'Hare Airport as well as Detroit, the latter with a stop at either Battle Creek, MI or Fort Wayne, IN. The airline became a feeder carrier for United Airlines in 1985 and flights then operated as United Express.[3]
- Simmons Airlines dba Northwest Airlink provided service to Detroit for a short time in 1987.
- Iowa Airways, dba Midway Connection, a feeder carrier for Midway Airlines (1976-1991) operated flights to Chicago Midway Airport from 1987 until the service ended in 1990.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for EKM PDF, effective May 7, 2009.
- ^ "EKI - Elkhart [Muni], IN, US - Airport - Great Circle Mapper". gc.kls2.com.
- ^ "Air Wisconsin". Airchive.com: The Museum of Commercial Aviation. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008. Retrieved February 19, 2008.
- ^ Official Airline Guide
External links
[edit]- Home airport for EAA Chapter 132
- Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
- FAA Airport Diagram for Elkhart Municipal (EKM) (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Elkhart Municipal (EKM), effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for EKM
- AirNav airport information for KEKM
- ASN accident history for EKI
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures