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KISM · Kissimmee Gateway Airport

ICAO · US · 57 NTSB events

ID KISM FAA ISM Elev 82 ft Lat 28° 17.39' N Lon 81° 26.23' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,001 ft. Max gradient: 0.05%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
15 148° 6,001 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.05%
33 328° 6,001 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.05%
06 058° 5,001 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.04%
24 238° 5,001 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.04%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 7 frequencies

  • AWOS AWOS 3 128.775
  • CLD ORLANDO CLNC DEL 119.950
  • GND GND 121.700
  • TWR TWR 124.450
  • CTAF CTAF 124.450
  • A/D ORLANDO APP/DEP 119.400
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KISM on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 2 matched · 8 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 06 & 24 & 33; PAPI RWY 06, 15, 24, & 33; MIRL RWY 06/24 & 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 06 & 24 & 33; PAPI RWY 06, 15, 24, & 33; MIRL RWY 06/24 & 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 06 & 24 & 33; PAPI RWY 06, 15, 24, & 33; MIRL RWY 06/24 & 15/33. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT MALSF RWY 15; REIL RWY 06 & 24 & 33; PAPI RWY 06, 15, 24, & 33; MIRL RWY 06/24 & 15/33 - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    WILDLIFE & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (8 sentences)
  • ·NOISE SENSITIVE AREA 1/2 MI N OF AER 24.
  • ·DEP RWY 06 EARLY TURNOUTS NA.
  • ·LNDG FEE: CTC ARPT OR CK ARPT WEBSITE FOR DTLS, EXEMPTIONS.
  • ·REQ ALL JETS/TURBO PROPS USE NBAA CLOSE-IN PROC.
  • ·ULTRALGT ACFT NA EXCEPT PPR - AMGR.
  • ·RWY 15 HAS UNLGTED OBSTNS PRESENT IN THE APCH DUE TO 52 FT TREES 1960 FT BFR AER.
  • ·HOLDING BAY RSTRD TO ACFT WITH WINGSPAN OF 49 FT OR LESS.
  • ·MULT UNLGT OBSTNS FIRST 3000 FT; 250-500 FT E & W OF CNTRLN. +6 FT FENCE 190 FT FM RWY END 245 FT R OF CNTRLN.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · ISM Airport website ↗

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

57 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport — showing the 54 most recent.

Total events

55

since 1982

Fatal

7

12.7% of total

Last 5 years

6

≈ 1.2/yr

Last 10 years

10

≈ 1.0/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 168,164 ops in 2007

2024 total

132,630

10-yr total

1,093,449

2024 mix

AC/AT 4% · GA 96% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

9.1

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

1.16

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=12

  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Loss of control 2
  • Other 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Hard landing 1
  • Stall / spin 1
  • Ground collision 1

All time · n=57

  • Other 16
  • Hard landing 6
  • Loss of control 6
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 5
  • Stall / spin 5
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 4
  • Engine failure / power loss 4
  • Ground collision 3

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2008-05-24 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2007-11-28 Piper PA-28-161 · Weather · VMC · day →
2005-11-18 Cessna 172R · CFIT · day →
2003-06-16 Robinson R22 BETA · Weather · VMC · day →
2026-06-06 Cessna 150 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2026-04-24 Piper PA-34-220T · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2026-02-17 TABOR W COATES AR-1 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2025-07-30 Cessna 172S · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2025-03-24 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2022-09-09 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50 · Weather · day →
2022-08-25 Cessna 172 · Other · VMC · day →
2022-07-17 ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA · Weather · VMC · day →
2021-11-30 Piper J3C · Other · VMC · day →
2019-06-08 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2018-05-29 Cessna 172 · Hard landing · day →
2018-03-13 Cessna T210 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2016-07-30 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · day →
2015-08-09 Cessna 172 · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2011-11-11 North American SNJ-6 · Other · VMC · day →
2011-11-08 Cessna 172RG · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2011-03-11 Cessna 182P · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2011-02-02 POTEZ-AIR FOUGA CM 170 MAGISTER · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2009-12-08 Cessna 172S · Weather IMC · IMC · night →
2008-10-12 Cessna 172 · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2008-01-20 Cessna U206F · Other · VMC · day →
2006-05-30 Cessna 172R · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2005-07-22 Piper PA-28-161 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2005-05-09 North American SNJ-6 · Other · VMC · day →
2005-04-13 Cessna 172 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2003-12-13 Piper PA-39 · CFIT →
2003-09-09 Cessna 152 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2002-03-07 Cessna 172M · Other · night →
2001-10-20 North American,Cessna SNJ-6,172 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2001-07-11 Floback Lancair 4 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2000-01-04 EAA Chapter 229 ZENAIR 601 · Loss of control · VMC · night →
1999-07-16 Cessna 172N · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1999-02-25 Mooney M20J · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1998-04-19 Boeing,Boeing A-75N1,A-75N1 · Midair / near-midair · VMC · day →
1997-08-21 Piper PA-34-200 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
1997-01-01 Waco WMF-5 · Other · VMC · day →
1996-10-25 Siai-Marchetti F206C · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1996-04-22 Robinson R-22 · Other · VMC · day →
1996-04-14 Piper PA-28-151 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night-moonlit →
1995-08-26 Piper PA-38-112 · Other · VMC · night-moonlit →
1995-08-20 Piper PA-34-200 · Runway excursion · day →
1995-03-29 Piper PA-28R · Runway excursion · VMC · day →
1993-03-07 Piper PA-28-140 · Stall / spin · day →
1992-02-09 Piper PA-32-260 · Other · day →
1988-12-23 Sikorsky S-58B · Other · day →
1988-04-24 Cessna 150J · Other · day →
1987-06-10 Piper PA-24-250 · Other · VMC · day →
1986-10-15 Cessna 210 · Other · day →
1986-03-08 Piper PA-28-140 · Loss of control · day →
1985-08-12 Cessna,Cessna C-150,152 · Other · VMC · day →

+ 3 more on file

Designees in FL

CFI Flight Instructors 7,821 A&P Mechanics 25,520 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 158 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 4 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 35 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 11 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 10 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 54 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 203 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 172 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 272 ODA Organizational Designations 1 Schools Flight Schools 218 FBO Fixed Base Operators 137 Clubs Flying Clubs 69 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 57 EAA EAA Chapters 49

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Lee Connell Lauderback Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Daniel Foster Orlando FL 12 nm
Edward Moon Orlando FL 12 nm
Edward Joseph Comisky Orlando FL 12 nm
Glen Rich Orlando FL 12 nm
Kyle I Pack Orlando FL 12 nm
Mark Anthony Griffin Windermere FL 14 nm
Benjamin Cook Shipps Winter Haven FL 21 nm
Charles Ray Walters Winter Haven FL 21 nm
Charles Sheridan Brown Winter Haven FL 21 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Mason Calvin Aldrich Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Manuel Simeon Bello Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Ronnie Presley Creel Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Klaus Rudolf Erbskorn Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Steven Edward Graham Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Steven Ernest Larmore Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Michael Paul Wright Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Eric Norman Swagler Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Sherrie Lynn Harvey Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Thomas William Hanley Kissimmee FL 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Mason Calvin Aldrich Kissimmee FL 1 nm
James Dennis Barnett Kissimmee FL 1 nm
William Allen Grimes Kissimmee FL 1 nm
William Guillen Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Steven Ernest Larmore Kissimmee FL 1 nm
William Edgar Peterson Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Jeremy Woodrow Anderson Kissimmee FL 1 nm
John Thomas Goebel Kissimmee FL 1 nm
David Joshua Mead Kissimmee FL 1 nm
Rene Marrero Kissimmee FL 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Spectrum Aero Maintenance Service
Kissimmee, FL
 0 nm
RealClean Aircraft Detailing
Orlando, FL
 16 nm
Aviation One Maintenance and Modification
Orlando, FL
 17 nm
Orlando Avionics Corp DBA: Orlando Acft Services
Orlando, FL
 17 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Orlando, FL
Casselberry, FL
 24 nm
Apopka Avionics, LLC
Apopka, FL
 26 nm
CE Avionics, Inc.
Sanford, FL
 31 nm
Mac Avionics, Inc.
Lakeland, FL
 35 nm
Gulf Coast Avionics Corp.
Lakeland, FL
 36 nm
Lakeland Aircraft Maintenance
Lakeland, FL
 36 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.