South Bend International
SBN · KSBN · South Bend, Indiana · St Joseph County · map
South Bend International is a public-use airport owned by St Joseph County Arpt Authority, 3 miles northwest of South Bend, Indiana, 798 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09R/27L, is 8,412 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KSBN · observed 5:54 pm EDT (21:54 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (200°) at 11 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSBN 062154Z 20011G20KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 T02170061
TAF KSBN 061720Z 0618/0718 22010KT P6SM SKC
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 SBN · ICAO KSBN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- St Joseph County Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 798 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:30 am to 12:00 am sun-fri, 5:30 am to 11:45 pm saturday.
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09R/27L | 8,412 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 7,101 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 09L/27R | 4,300 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), tree 60 ft high 1,492 ft from the end
- Runway 27L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 36 ft high 1,741 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 69 ft high 2,726 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 80 ft high 1,880 ft from the end
- Runway 09L: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 62 ft high 1,541 ft from the end
- Runway 27R: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 51 ft high 1,226 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 135.675 | South Bend |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sbn and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.675 | South Bend |
| Clearance delivery | 118.625 | |
| Clearance delivery When elkhart tower closed | 119.7 | Elkhart |
| Clearance delivery Contact approach control | 120.525 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.9 | South Bend |
| Clearance delivery Contact approach control | 125.25 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | South Bend |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 270 to 099 | 118.55 | South Bend |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C (secondary) arriving from headings 100 to 269 | 124.1 | South Bend |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 100 to 269 | 132.05 | South Bend |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 574-200-0869.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in South Bend from the FAA register
62 aircraft are registered to owners in South Bend, Indiana: 47 piston singles, 7 business jets, 3 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 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 · 14 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed, to incr intst and activate malsf runway 09R; approach lights (MALSR) runway 27L; high-intensity runway lights runway 09R/27L; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 and all taxiways - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 09L/27R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. Closed when tower closed; WT rstrd 45000 single and 60000 dual.
- Approach slope 21:1 due to 92 feet high tension wires 2160 feet from runway end; 394 feet R of centerline.
- Be alert durg right base; high tension wires aer.
- Taxiway T not available to air carrier operations with more than 9 passenger seats or unscheduled air carrier at least 31 passenger seats.
- Line of sight between runway ints rstrd.
- For fuel and services - 122.95 or 131.7.
- Air carrier ramp rstrd to schedule commercial and wingspan gtr than 100 feet; all otr 24 hour prior permission required.
- Index C available upon required
- Taxiways J, J1 and J2 closed indef.
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.