KEKM · Elkhart Municipal Airport

ELKHART, INDIANA · SMALL AIRPORT

778

Elevation ft

Runways

6,500

Longest ft · 09/27

41.72N

86.00W

Elkhart Municipal Airport serves Elkhart, Indiana at 778 ft elevation with its longest runway, 09/27, at 6,500 by 120 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
09/27	6,500 × 120 ft	asphalt	lit
18/36	3,999 × 75 ft	asphalt	lit
08/26	2,480 × 250 ft	graded earth	unlit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 778 ft is about 13°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 13°C)	778 ft	2,590 ft	2,192 ft	3,288 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,978 ft	2,824 ft	2,319 ft	3,478 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	3,178 ft	3,058 ft	2,445 ft	3,668 ft
35°C afternoon	3,365 ft	3,094 ft	2,465 ft	3,698 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (09/27, 6,500 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,698 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KEKM is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KSBN South Bend International Airport	14 nm W	8,412 ft
KGSH Goshen Municipal Airport	15 nm SE	6,008 ft
KIRS Kirsch Municipal Airport	26 nm E	5,201 ft
KASW Warsaw Municipal Airport	28 nm S	6,001 ft
KBEH Southwest Michigan Regional Airport	31 nm NW	6,006 ft
KPPO La Porte Municipal Airport	34 nm W	5,000 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KEKM

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KEKM, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KEKM or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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