📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS
Kirsch Municipal Airport
41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
4
▼
35.9%
DEP / DAY
4
▼
6.5%
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 5,200 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 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
41°F
Wind
1 kts
40°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
19
53% of ops
88 land · 12 TO
01
22% of ops
36 land · 20 TO
06
13% of ops
22 land · 13 TO
24
12% of ops
19 land · 9 TO
Runway 19 carries 53% of operations (88 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 01 at 22%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
19
88 landings
UA 1%
01
36 landings
UA 0%
06
22 landings
UA 0%
24
19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 19 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 88 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
10.0
flights/day · 300 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
75%
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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