# Kirsch Municipal Airport (IRS / KIRS)

**Kirsch Municipal Airport** (IATA: IRS, ICAO: KIRS) is a small airport in Sturgis, Michigan, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,201 ft (1,585 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IRS / KIRS
- FAA: IRS
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sturgis, Michigan, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 925 ft / 282 m
- Coordinates: 41.8133, -85.4390
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,201 ft / 1,585 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Detroit
- Website: http://www.sturgismi.gov/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsch_Municipal_Airport (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35271101
- Weather station: KIRS
- Ident: KIRS

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Kirsch Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 5,201 ft / 1,585 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 360° / 180° | yes |
| 06/24 | 3,606 ft / 1,099 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 059° / 239° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,201 ft / 1,585 m | =5,970 of 29,858 | =1,944 in North America | =1,565 in US |
| Elevation | 925 ft / 282 m | =19,020 of 43,403 | =8,635 in North America | =6,989 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | KALAMAZOO APP/DEP | 121.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 121.325 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 133.550 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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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/kirs/data