Elkhart Municipal
EKM · KEKM · Elkhart, Indiana · Elkhart County · map
Elkhart Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Elkhart, 3 miles northwest of Elkhart, Indiana, 778 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 6,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 80 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 31,395 takeoffs and landings a year. About 42 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KEKM · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 9 minutes ago
LIFR very low ceiling or visibility
- Wind calm
- Visibility 0.75 miles
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 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 KEKM 112155Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM HZ CLR 22/15 A2993 RMK AO2 T02210149 $
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- B737 at 37,000 ft, 14 nm west, 4:32 pm EDT (20:32 UTC): light chop turbulence up to 37,000 ft.
as filed, and in English
SBN UA /OV GIJ/TM 2032/FL370/TP B737/TB OCNL LGT CHOP 370 BLO
- Report
- a routine report filed through SBN
- Where
- over GIJ
- Time
- 20:32 UTC
- Height
- at 37,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B737
- Turbulence
- occasional light chop at 37,000 ft below
- C25A at 2,800 ft, 34 nm northeast, 3:28 pm EDT (19:28 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
AZO UA /OV 5W AZO/TM 1928/FL028/TP C25A/SK T039 B028
- Report
- a routine report filed through AZO
- Where
- 5W azo
- Time
- 19:28 UTC
- Height
- at 2,800 ft
- Aircraft
- C25A
- Sky
- T039 B028
- C150 at 3,000 ft, 37 nm northeast, 3:51 pm EDT (19:51 UTC): a routine report with nothing remarked on.
as filed, and in English
AZO UA /OV AZO/TM 1951/FL030/TP C150
- Report
- a routine report filed through AZO
- Where
- over AZO
- Time
- 19:51 UTC
- Height
- at 3,000 ft
- Aircraft
- C150
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (FWA, 57 nm southeast), for use 20:00–03:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 350° at 9 kt; 6,000 ft: 350° at 24 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 360° at 25 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 360° at 29 kt, 4 °C; 18,000 ft: 350° at 31 kt, -10 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA EKM · ICAO KEKM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Elkhart
- Elevation
- 778 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm mon-fri, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm sat-sun.
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 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
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 6,500 × 120 ft | Concrete, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 3,999 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 2,480 × 250 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway 09: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 40 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
- Runway 27: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 69 ft high 2,645 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 40 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
- Runway 36: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 62 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Elkhart |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery When Elkhart tower closed | 119.7 | Elkhart |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Elkhart |
| Approach and departure | 118.55 | Elkhart |
| Ekm and aWOS-3PT | 124.475 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 | Elkhart |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 574-264-9002.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 58 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 5 |
| other | 3 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 31,395, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 910 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,951 |
| general aviation, local | 13,188 |
| military | 346 |
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.
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 Elkhart from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Elkhart, Indiana: 31 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets, 4 turboprops, 1 piston twin. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: South Bend International (14 nm west), Goshen Municipal (15 nm southeast), Three Rivers Muni/Dr Haines Airport (23 nm northeast).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Elkhart, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 16 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Todd Daniel Haifley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Three Rivers Municipal Airport · Three Rivers, MI (23 nm) · (269) 720-4772 · haifleytodd@gmail.com
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Eagle Flight School - VPZ · Valparaiso, IN (48 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · johnboos88@gmail.com
- Keegan Starkey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Valparaiso, IN (48 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · keegangstarkey@gmail.com
- Edmond William Verville private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Battle Creek, MI (49 nm) · (269) 207-5864 · edverville@aol.com
- Jason Blair private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Allegan Airport · Allegan, MI (49 nm) · (269) 275-7959 · jblair@jasonblair.net
- Lara Zook Gaerte private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Century Aviation · Auburn, IN (49 nm) · (260) 602-6293 · laragaerte@gmail.com
All 30 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 27; runway end identifier lights runway 09, 18 and 36; VASI runway 09 and 36; PAPI runway 18 and 27 - the common traffic frequency. When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 09/27; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- VFR operations drg the control tower hours only.
- 7 feet brush L and R of centerline 100 feet from threshold.
- Faded.
- Faded.
- White corner mkrs.
- White corner mkrs.
- VASI unusable 7 degrees left and right of centerline.
- Taxiway marked with reflectors; taxiway a unavailable to aircraft with more than 30 passenger seats.
- (E94) swars.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Elkhart 48 aircraft · 31 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 6 business jets
- Angelone INC 7 aircraft in town
- Marshall Aviation Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- Hangar 39 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bruce Alexander Company LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Marshall Aviation Services INC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 177 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 5,688 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/EKM.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 9, 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.