# Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKI / KEKM)

**Elkhart Municipal Airport** (IATA: EKI, ICAO: KEKM) is a small airport in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 6,500 ft (1,981 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kekm

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: EKI / KEKM
- FAA: EKM
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Elkhart, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 778 ft / 237 m
- Coordinates: 41.7194, -86.0032
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 6,500 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Website: http://www.elkhartindiana.org/department/index.php?structureid=2
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhart_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364235
- Weather station: KEKM
- Ident: KEKM

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Elkhart Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | 120 ft / 37 m | Concrete | 090° / 270° | yes |
| 18/36 | 3,999 ft / 1,219 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes |
| 08/26 | 2,480 ft / 756 m | 250 ft / 76 m | Grass | 089° / 269° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05287AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,500 ft / 1,981 m | =4,091 of 29,858 | =1,025 in North America | =784 in US |
| Elevation | 778 ft / 237 m | #21,894 of 43,403 | #10,326 in North America | #8,504 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOUTH BEND APP/DEP | 118.550 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.475 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 113.700 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kekm/data