Elkhart Municipal Airport Explained

Elkhart Municipal Airport
Iata:EKI
Icao:KEKM
Faa:EKM
Type:Public
Owner:City of Elkhart
City-Served:Elkhart, Indiana
Elevation-F:778
Elevation-M:237
Coordinates:41.7194°N -86.0033°W
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Indiana
Pushpin Label:EKM
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:6,500
R1-Length-M:1,981
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:18/36
R2-Length-F:4,001
R2-Length-M:1,220
R2-Surface:Asphalt
R3-Number:8/26
R3-Length-F:2,500
R3-Length-M:762
R3-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2005
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:33,211
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:73
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Elkhart Municipal Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Elkhart, a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Elkhart Municipal Airport is assigned EKM by the FAA and EKI by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEKM.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Elkhart Municipal Airport covers an area of 640acres at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,500 by 120 feet (1,981 x 37 m) and 18/36 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m). It also has one turf runway designated 8/26 which measures 2,500 by 100 feet (762 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 33,211 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 8% jet, 4% helicopter and 3% military.

Historical airline service

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Notes and References

  1. , effective May 7, 2009.
  2. Web site: EKI - Elkhart [Muni], IN, US - Airport - Great Circle Mapper]. gc.kls2.com.
  3. News: Air Wisconsin . Airchive.com: The Museum of Commercial Aviation . February 19, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626052452/http://airchive.com/Timetables%20and%20Maps/Various%202005/%2A%2AAWmap7904.jpg . June 26, 2008.
  4. Official Airline Guide