Jerry Tyler Memorial
3TR · Niles, Michigan · Berrien County · map
Jerry Tyler Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the City of Niles, 1 mile ene of Niles, Michigan, 750 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3TR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Niles
- Elevation
- 750 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,100 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,316 × 55 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, tree 62 ft high 589 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 100 ft high 1,827 ft from the end
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 898 ft, tree 13 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 750 ft, trees 66 ft high 454 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.55 | |
| Apt Remark 4 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | · Gco available on frequency 121.725 through sbn clearance delivery and flight services. |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 |
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Aircraft registered in Niles from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Niles, Michigan: 19 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Runway 15 trsn zone +51 feet obstruction, lighted poles.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fuel.
- +13 feet tree, 199 feet dist, 110 feet L.
- +8 feet seasonal crops, 20 feet dist, 250 feet L/R.
- +8 feet seasonal crops, 50 feet dist, 250 feet L/R.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degreess left or right of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess left or right of centerline.
- Approach ratio 13:1 to dthr ovr +62 feet tree, 836 feet dist, 250 feet L.
- Approach ratio 16:1 to dthr ovr 80 feet trees, 1320 feet dist, 255 feet R.
- Cracked and broken pavement.
- Gco available on frequency 121.725 through sbn clearance delivery and flight services.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.