📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS
Kirsch Municipal Airport
41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼
7.9%
DEP / DAY
4
▲
11.5%
Kirsch Municipal Airport (KIRS/IRS) is a small general aviation airport located in Sturgis, MI, 43 mi east of South Bend. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,201 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
79°F
Wind
8 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
31% of ops
54 land · 15 TO
01
19% of ops
33 land · 8 TO
18
18% of ops
31 land · 4 TO
06
15% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
36
9% of ops
16 land · 4 TO
24
7% of ops
12 land · 5 TO
Runway 19 carries 31% of operations (54 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 19%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
54 landings
UA 0%
01
33 landings
UA 0%
18
31 landings
UA 0%
06
26 landings
UA 0%
36
16 landings
UA 0%
24
12 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 19 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 54 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
7.5
flights/day · 225 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.050 | — |
| APCH | 121.200 | — |
| APCH | 239.250 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.050 | — |
| AWOS | 121.325 | — |
| GOSHEN R | 127.550 | — |
| OTHER | 127.550 | — |
| GOSHEN R | 307.175 | — |
| OTHER | 307.175 | — |
| IRS NDB | 382.000 | — |
| OTHER | 382.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 6° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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