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Kirsch Municipal Airport

41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
11.9%
DEP / DAY
4
3.3%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
2 kts
20°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KIRS 160915Z AUTO 02002KT 5SM BR CLR 21/21 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

18
40% of ops
187 land · 29 TO
36
29% of ops
138 land · 23 TO
06
17% of ops
82 land · 7 TO
24
14% of ops
64 land · 32 TO
Runway 18 carries 40% of operations (187 landings, 29 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

18 187 landings
UA 3%
36 138 landings
UA 0%
06 82 landings
UA 0%
24 64 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 187 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
9.2
flights/day · 275 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm local, averaging 9.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (6.9 vs 10.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 221 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

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