GYY

Gary/Chicago International Airport

ICAO KGYY41.6171°N 87.4132°W597 ft / 182 mMedium airport
On the map
GYY Airport Diagram 2015
Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · Commons

Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA: GYY, ICAO: KGYY) is a medium airport in Gary, Indiana, United States. It opened in 1954. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,859 ft (2,700 m). In 2025 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1954–1954
1954
OpenedGary/Chicago International Airport opens.
From Wikidata and WikipediaEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
12/30124° / 304° · LIT
LENGTH8,859 ft2,700 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
02/20021° / 201° · LIT
LENGTH3,604 ft1,099 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2013–2025
15K
4K
2K
1K
379
603
4K
6K
5K
8K
9K
11K
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Routes

4 destinations · 2 countries
Most destinationsAirNet Express 2Aeronaves TSM 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GYY. From the Wikipedia article “Gary/Chicago International Airport” (revision of 20 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers11K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,649of 3,974 · #642 North America · #446 USLongest runway8,859 ft2,700 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,892of 29,823 · #417 North America · #308 USElevation597 ft182 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#25,404of 43,341 · #12,233 North America · #10,198 USAgeOpened 19542026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,023of 15,079 · =2,782 North America · =2,717 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
A/DCHICAGO APP/DEP133.100
ATISATIS120.625
CTAFCTAF125.600
GNDGND121.900
RCOKANKAKEE RDO114.200
RDOTERRE HAUTE RDO123.650
TWRTWR125.600