KEKM Elkhart Muni

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 7 min old

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27 18% 6500 ft

9 18% 6500 ft

18 17% 3999 ft

36 17% 3999 ft

26 15% 2480 ft

8 15% 2480 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 27

PRIOR runway length 6500 ft +0.10

Runway 9

PRIOR runway length 6500 ft +0.10

Runway 26

PRIOR runway length 2480 ft -0.10

Runway 8

PRIOR runway length 2480 ft -0.10

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	7 min
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KEKM field & runways

Elkhart Muni, Elkhart, Indiana. Field elevation 778 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 4.0°W on record, 5.4°W today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.022°/year west — about 1° every 45 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
18	172.0°	177.3°	matches	3,999 ft	ASPH	left
26	269.4°	274.7°	runway 27 by the rule today · 14.7° past	2,480 ft	TURF
27	269.9°	275.3°	runway 28 by the rule today · 5.3° past	6,500 ft	CONC		ILS
36	352.0°	357.3°	matches	3,999 ft	ASPH	left
8	89.4°	94.7°	runway 9 by the rule today · 14.7° past	2,480 ft	TURF
9	89.9°	95.3°	runway 10 by the rule today · 5.3° past	6,500 ft	CONC

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