Salem Municipal
I83 · Salem, Indiana · Washington County · map
Salem Municipal is a public-use airport, 2 miles west of Salem, Indiana, 840 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 39 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,464 takeoffs and landings a year.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA I83
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 840 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · UNICOM unmnt. |
| Approach and departure | 123.675 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,464, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
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 Salem from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Salem, Indiana: 18 piston singles, 3 drones. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate PAPI runway 08; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Rope and wheel chocks provided
- UNICOM unmnt.
- Available H24 with credit card.
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.