# Gary/Chicago International Airport (GYY / KGYY)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgyy

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GYY / KGYY
- FAA: GYY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Gary, Indiana, United States
- Opened: 1954 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 597 ft / 182 m
- Coordinates: 41.6171, -87.4132
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,859 ft / 2,700 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 5 departures, 2 arrivals
- Passengers: 10,937 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.flygyy.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary/Chicago_International_Airport (11 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431348
- Weather station: KGYY
- Ident: KGYY

## Timeline

- 1954: Gary/Chicago International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 8,859 ft / 2,700 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 124° / 304° | yes |
| 02/20 | 3,604 ft / 1,099 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 021° / 201° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00748AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2013 | 15,008 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,719 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 2,049 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 1,388 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 379 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 603 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 4,012 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 6,163 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 4,583 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 7,910 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 8,858 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 10,937 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

4 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (4)

- [BKL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbkl.md) Burke Lakefront Airport · United States · 296 mi / 477 km · AirNet Express
- [COU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcou.md) Columbia Regional Airport · United States · 319 mi / 513 km · AirNet Express
- [LRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klrd.md) Laredo International Airport · United States · 1,187 mi / 1,910 km · Aeronaves TSM
- [GDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/mmgl.md) Guadalajara International Airport · Mexico · 1,728 mi / 2,781 km · Aeronaves TSM

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GYY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- VTM [Aeronaves TSM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aeronaves-tsm) · 2
- USC [AirNet Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnet-express) · 2

Former hub of [SkyValue](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skyvalue).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2025) | #2,649 of 3,974 | #642 in North America | #446 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,859 ft / 2,700 m | =1,892 of 29,858 | #417 in North America | #308 in US |
| Elevation | 597 ft / 182 m | #25,431 of 43,403 | #12,236 in North America | #10,200 in US |
| Age | Opened 1954 | =4,023 of 15,079 | =2,782 in North America | =2,717 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | CHICAGO APP/DEP | 133.100 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.625 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 125.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| RCO | KANKAKEE RDO | 114.200 |
| RDO | TERRE HAUTE RDO | 123.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [VPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpz.md) Porter County Municipal Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [MGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmgc.md) Michigan City Municipal Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 36 mi / 57 km
- [PWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwk.md) Chicago Executive Airport · 43 mi / 68 km
- [IKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kikk.md) Greater Kankakee Airport · 44 mi / 71 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Gary/Chicago International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary/Chicago_International_Airport&oldid=1365147145), revision of 20 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgyy/data