Elkhart Municipal Airport (IATA: EKI, ICAO: KEKM, FAA LID: EKM) 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.[1]

Elkhart Municipal Airport
Aerial view of the airport, facing northwest
IATA: EKI ICAO: KEKM FAA LID: EKM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Elkhart
Serves	Elkhart, Indiana
Elevation AMSL	778 ft / 237 m
Coordinates	41°43′10″N 086°00′12″W
Map
EKM Location of airport in Indiana/United States Show map of Indiana EKM EKM (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 6,500 1,981 Asphalt 18/36 4,001 1,220 Asphalt 8/26 2,500 762 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 33,211 Based aircraft 73
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 640 acres (260 ha) 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).[1]

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.[1]

Historical airline service

• Air Wisconsin - provided service from the 1970s through 1987 to Chicago O'Hare Airport as well as Detroit, the latter with a stop at either Battle Creek, MI or Fort Wayne, IN. The airline became a feeder carrier for United Airlines in 1985 and flights then operated as United Express.[3]

• Simmons Airlines dba Northwest Airlink provided service to Detroit for a short time in 1987.

• Iowa Airways, dba Midway Connection, a feeder carrier for Midway Airlines (1976-1991) operated flights to Chicago Midway Airport from 1987 until the service ended in 1990.[4]

References

External links

• Home airport for EAA Chapter 132
• Aerial photo from Indiana Department of Transportation
• FAA Airport Diagram for Elkhart Municipal (EKM) (PDF), effective September 8, 2022
• FAA Terminal Procedures for Elkhart Municipal (EKM), effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for EKM
  • AirNav airport information for KEKM
  • ASN accident history for EKI
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures