📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS
Kirsch Municipal Airport
41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▲
100.0%
DEP / DAY
5
▲
70.0%
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 5,201 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
77°F
Wind
3 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
37% of ops
21 land · 0 TO
36
32% of ops
18 land · 0 TO
06
23% of ops
13 land · 0 TO
24
9% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 37% of operations (21 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 32%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
18
21 landings
UA 0%
36
18 landings
UA 0%
06
13 landings
UA 15%
24
5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 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
4.1
flights/day · 122 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 12am
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-05-14| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.050 | — |
| APCH | 121.200 | — |
| APCH | 239.250 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.050 | — |
| AWOS | 121.325 | — |
| GOSHEN R | 127.550 | — |
| GOSHEN R | 307.175 | — |
| IRS NDB | 382.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 6° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A+
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