📍 Sturgis⬆ 924 ft2 runways
KIRS · IRS
Kirsch Municipal Airport
41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼
17.9%
DEP / DAY
4
▼
13.8%
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
70°F
Wind
2 kts
20°
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
18
43% of ops
257 land · 47 TO
36
24% of ops
143 land · 31 TO
06
19% of ops
112 land · 5 TO
24
14% of ops
81 land · 45 TO
Runway 18 carries 43% of operations (257 landings, 47 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 24%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
18
257 landings
UA 1%
36
143 landings
UA 0%
06
112 landings
UA 0%
24
81 landings
UA 10%
Approaches to 18 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 257 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
9.0
flights/day · 271 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 9pm
Day vs night
68%
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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