# Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM / KELM)

**Elmira Corning Regional Airport** (IATA: ELM, ICAO: KELM) is a medium airport in Elmira/Corning, New York, United States. It opened in Nov 1940. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,001 ft (2,439 m). In 2025 it handled 213 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ELM / KELM
- FAA: ELM
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Elmira/Corning, New York, United States
- Opened: Nov 1940
- Elevation: 955 ft / 291 m
- Coordinates: 42.1599, -76.8916
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 8,001 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Passengers: 212,620 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.ecairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Corning_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4242688
- Weather station: KELM
- Ident: KELM

## Timeline

- Nov 1940: Elmira Corning Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 050° / 230° | yes |
| 10/28 | 5,404 ft / 1,647 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |
| 05/23 | 2,016 ft / 615 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass | 050° / 230° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00131AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 309,853 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 278,168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 251,512 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 280,129 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 310,963 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 102,818 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 152,999 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 163,022 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 170,178 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 171,118 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 212,620 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [DTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdtw.md) Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · United States · 331 mi / 532 km · Delta Connection
- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 956 mi / 1,539 km · Allegiant Air
- [PIE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpie.md) St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · United States · 1,037 mi / 1,669 km · Allegiant Air

### Seasonal (3)

- [MYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmyr.md) Myrtle Beach International Airport · United States · 597 mi / 960 km · Allegiant Air
- [SRQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksrq.md) Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · United States · 1,069 mi / 1,720 km · Allegiant Air
- [PGD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpgd.md) Punta Gorda Airport · United States · 1,092 mi / 1,757 km · Allegiant Air

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ELM, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 5
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 213K (2025) | #1,513 of 3,974 | #337 in North America | #224 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,001 ft / 2,439 m | =2,731 of 29,858 | =564 in North America | =419 in US |
| Elevation | 955 ft / 291 m | =18,466 of 43,403 | =8,317 in North America | =6,694 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 | APP/DEP | 119.450 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 125.475 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.400 |
| GND | GND/CLNC DEL | 121.900 |
| RDO | BUFFALO RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ITH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kith.md) Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport · 32 mi / 51 km
- [BGM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbgm.md) Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field · 47 mi / 75 km
- [IPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kipt.md) Williamsport Regional Airport · 63 mi / 102 km
- [SYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksyr.md) Syracuse Hancock International Airport · 77 mi / 124 km
- [ROC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kroc.md) Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport · 77 mi / 124 km
- [AVP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavp.md) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport · 83 mi / 133 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Elmira Corning Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elmira_Corning_Regional_Airport&oldid=1376226547), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/kelm/data
