Madison Regional
IMS · KIMS · Madison, Indiana · Jefferson County · map
Madison Regional is a public-use airport, 4 miles west of Madison, Indiana, 819 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 55 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 15,650 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Madison Regional?
Its FAA code is IMS, and its ICAO code is KIMS.
Where is Madison Regional?
It is 4 miles west of Madison, Indiana, 819 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Madison Regional?
Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,000 feet long, asphalt.
Does Madison Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Madison Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Madison Regional?
7 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Madison Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IMS · ICAO KIMS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 819 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- March to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; November to February, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 80 ft high 1,850 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops 10 ft high 201 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.075 | |
| Ims and aWOS-3 | 119.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 812-866-1798.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, air ambulance, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: North Vernon Airport (18 nm north), Freeman Municipal (23 nm northwest), Gallatin County (26 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate malsf runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; high-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd thanksgiving, christmas and new years.
- Self serve available.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 47 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,650, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,250 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,913 |
| general aviation, local | 9,547 |
| military | 940 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Madison from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Madison, Indiana: 26 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 gyroplane. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 11 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 51 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Paul Skjeveland private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Deer Run Airpark · Campbellsburg, KY (20 nm) · (507) 382-2742 · [email protected]
- Matthew Ryan Torgerson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, balloons · Sellersburg, IN (26 nm) · (502) 445-7947 · [email protected]
- Stephen Michael Graham private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Clark Regional Airport · Sellersburg, IN (26 nm) · (502) 641-2738 · [email protected]
- Troy Macvey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Milan, IN (26 nm) · (515) 509-7027 · [email protected]
- James Kiper private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Louisville Aviation/Air Base One · Louisville, KY (37 nm) · (502) 552-0078 · [email protected]
- Randall Sizemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Air Base 4 · Louisville, KY (37 nm) · (502) 291-6971 · [email protected]
- William Robert Mcdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Kentucky Flight Training Center · Louisville, KY (37 nm) · (954) 325-8775 · [email protected]
All 77 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Madison 32 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 turboprops
- Cliff Robinson Real Estate CORP 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,697 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IMS.json.
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 26, 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.