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Southwest Michigan Regional

BEH · KBEH · Benton Harbor, Michigan · Berrien County · map

Southwest Michigan Regional is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Benton Harbor, Michigan, 649 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 6,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).

Weather right now KBEH · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 63 minutes ago

VFR good flying weather

  • Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 5 knots, gusting to 16
  • Visibility 10 miles or more
  • Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
  • Altimeter 30.03 inHg

No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.

The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)

METAR KBEH 061853Z AUTO 20005G16KT 10SM CLR 22/07 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02220072

From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.

The airport

Codes
FAA BEH · ICAO KBEH
Kind
Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
Elevation
649 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, on call
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
Notes
landing fee
On the chart
Chicago sectional
Magnetic variation
4W
In the FAA's files since
April 1940

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

10281432N1,000 ft

Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/286,006 × 100 ftAsphalt, goodHigh-intensity lights
14/323,205 × 60 ftAsphalt, fairMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 29 ft high 1,160 ft from the end
  • Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 82 ft high 3,265 ft from the end
  • Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left
  • Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 67 ft high 1,521 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM123.0
Clearance delivery119.7
Approach and departure118.55
Beh and automated weather (ASOS)121.55
Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low127.55

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 269-925-9008.

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.

Aircraft registered in Benton Harbor from the FAA register

18 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton Harbor, Michigan: 12 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets. 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:

Whirlpool CORP 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Michigan.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 fatal

2025-11-26CEN26LA052 · Gray Rg12 CFGEW · accident · minor injuries
2013-10-02CEN14CA041 · Piper Pa 28-180 N8084W · accident · minor injuries
2002-08-04CHI02FA231 · Piper Pa-46-350P N316PM · accident · 3 killed
1996-08-03CHI96LA266 · Cessna 404 N8919G · accident · serious injuries
1990-07-15CHI90LA172 · Learjet Lr-24D N45CP · accident · no injuries
1988-12-22CHI89DET02 · Cessna 150H N50331 · accident · no injuries
1986-12-11CHI87LA044 · Cessna T303 N9894T · accident · no injuries
1982-02-07CHI82DA041 · Cessna 172 N9893J · accident · no injuries

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

  • Deer and large birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10, 14, and 32; PAPI runway 10, 28, 14, and 32; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Landing fee for all commercial operations and all turbine pwrd aircraft; facility fee for all mult eng and commercial sngl eng aircraft waived with mnm fuel purchase.
  • Maximum size aircraft hawker 800.
  • Available H24 self service and full service durg atndd hours.
  • Runway 14 drop off 300 feet from threshold.
  • Snow removal operations durg winter months, vehicle operators mnt the common traffic frequency.

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.