Elkhart Municipal Airport (IATA: EKI, ICAO: KEKM, FAA LID: EKM) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Elkhart, a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.^[1]

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Elkhart Municipal Airport
Aerial view of the airport, facing northwest
IATA: EKI ICAO: KEKM FAA LID: EKM
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Elkhart
Serves	Elkhart, Indiana
Elevation AMSL	778 ft / 237 m
Coordinates	41°43′10″N 086°00′12″W
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9/27 6,500 1,981 Asphalt 18/36 4,001 1,220 Asphalt 8/26 2,500 762 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 33,211 Based aircraft 73
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Elkhart Municipal Airport is assigned EKM by the FAA and EKI by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KEKM.^[2]

Elkhart Municipal Airport covers an area of 640 acres (260 ha) at an elevation of 778 feet (237 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 is 6,500 by 120 feet (1,981 x 37 m) and 18/36 is 4,001 by 75 feet (1,220 x 23 m). It also has one turf runway designated 8/26 which measures 2,500 by 100 feet (762 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 33,211 aircraft operations, an average of 90 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 62% single-engine, 23% multi-engine, 8% jet, 4% helicopter and 3% military.^[1]

• Air Wisconsin - provided service from the 1970s through 1987 to Chicago O'Hare Airport as well as Detroit, the latter with a stop at either Battle Creek, MI or Fort Wayne, IN. The airline became a feeder carrier for United Airlines in 1985 and flights then operated as United Express.^[3]

• Simmons Airlines dba Northwest Airlink provided service to Detroit for a short time in 1987.

• Iowa Airways, dba Midway Connection, a feeder carrier for Midway Airlines (1976-1991) operated flights to Chicago Midway Airport from 1987 until the service ended in 1990.^[4]

• List of airports in Indiana