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).
Weather right now KIMS · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 40°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KIMS 062155Z AUTO 12004KT 10SM CLR 22/05 A3004 RMK AO2 T02200047 $
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.