Starke County
OXI · KOXI · Knox, Indiana · Starke County · map
Starke County is a public-use airport owned by Starke County Arpt Auth, 3 miles northwest of Knox, Indiana, 685 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 18/36, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KOXI · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 11 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KOXI 061935Z AUTO 19011G18KT 10SM CLR 23/07 A3002 RMK AO2
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 OXI · ICAO KOXI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Starke County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 685 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Thursday, 7:30 am to 3:00 pm; Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; weekends, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1977
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,096 × 145 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, crops on the approach
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left, crops on the approach
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 285 ft, crops 10 ft high 40 ft from the end
- Runway 27: bldg on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.05 | |
| Knox and rco | 122.6 | Knox |
| Oxi and aWOS-3P | 135.775 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.9 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 574-772-2041.
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 Knox from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Knox, Indiana: 17 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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
- Provided all traffic pattern opers are conducted on the west side of north/south runway and on the north side of east/west runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency; PAPI runway 18 and 36 on continuously.
- Unatndd easter, memorial day, july 4TH, labor day, thanksgiving, christmas eve and day unless apreq.
- Boundary marked by yellow cones.
- 10 feet crops 170 feet R of runway end
- 10 feet crops 160 feet L of runway end
- Displaced threshold marked by yellow cones.
- Approach slope 20:1 from displaced threshold; 65 feet trees 270 feet from runway end 100 feet L.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degree slope
- Self service fuel available.
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.