| Elkhart Municipal Airport | |||
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| 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 | ||
| 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] | |||
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]
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]
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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]
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