📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS
Kirsch Municipal Airport
41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼
10.3%
DEP / DAY
4
▲
7.7%
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
84°F
Wind
7 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
30% of ops
75 land · 17 TO
19
21% of ops
53 land · 18 TO
06
16% of ops
41 land · 5 TO
36
13% of ops
33 land · 12 TO
01
11% of ops
27 land · 9 TO
24
9% of ops
22 land · 11 TO
Runway 18 carries 30% of operations (75 landings, 17 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
75 landings
UA 0%
19
53 landings
UA 0%
06
41 landings
UA 2%
36
33 landings
UA 0%
01
27 landings
UA 0%
24
22 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 18 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 75 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
7.7
flights/day · 232 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 10pm
Day vs night
67%
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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