Airports / KIRS / Kirsch Municipal AirportIATA IRSModerate ground coverage
Kirsch Municipal Airport satellite view
📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS

Kirsch Municipal Airport

41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
350.0%
DEP / DAY
4
125.0%

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 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
4 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIRS 201755Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 26/19 A3004 RMK AO2 10259 20168

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

18
30% of ops
57 land · 7 TO
19
21% of ops
41 land · 8 TO
06
17% of ops
33 land · 6 TO
36
13% of ops
25 land · 9 TO
01
12% of ops
23 land · 8 TO
24
7% of ops
14 land · 8 TO
Runway 18 carries 30% of operations (57 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 21%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

18 57 landings
UA 0%
19 41 landings
UA 0%
06 33 landings
UA 0%
36 25 landings
UA 0%
01 23 landings
UA 0%
24 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 57 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
8.4
flights/day · 251 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 7pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–7pm local, averaging 8.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (6.1 vs 9.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (27% of 201 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:01 UTC