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Kirsch Municipal Airport

41.81330°N
-85.43900°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
10 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIRS 271716Z AUTO 21010KT 10SM FEW020 28/23 A2980 RMK AO2 PRESFR

Runway intelligence

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

18
39% of ops
148 land · 23 TO
36
26% of ops
101 land · 17 TO
24
18% of ops
68 land · 30 TO
06
17% of ops
65 land · 3 TO
01
1% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
Runway 18 carries 39% of operations (148 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

18 148 landings
UA 2%
36 101 landings
UA 0%
24 68 landings
UA 6%
06 65 landings
UA 0%
01 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 148 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
6.0
flights/day · 179 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 6pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 6.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (4.9 vs 6.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 144 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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