# Michigan City Municipal Airport (MGC / KMGC)

**Michigan City Municipal Airport** (IATA: MGC, ICAO: KMGC) is a medium airport in Michigan City, Indiana, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 4,099 ft (1,249 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MGC / KMGC
- FAA: MGC
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Michigan City, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 655 ft / 200 m
- Coordinates: 41.7033, -86.8212
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,099 ft / 1,249 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.mgcairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_City_Municipal_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565235
- Weather station: KMGC
- Ident: KMGC

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Michigan City Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 4,099 ft / 1,249 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 020° / 200° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,099 ft / 1,249 m | =9,351 of 29,858 | =3,621 in North America | =3,020 in US |
| Elevation | 655 ft / 200 m | =24,304 of 43,403 | =11,647 in North America | =9,684 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOUTH BEND APP/DEP | 118.550 |
| CLD | SOUTH BEND CLNC DEL | 134.800 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [VPZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvpz.md) Porter County Municipal Airport · 20 mi / 32 km
- [SBN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksbn.md) South Bend International Airport · 26 mi / 42 km
- [GYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgyy.md) Gary/Chicago International Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [MDW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdw.md) Chicago Midway International Airport · 48 mi / 78 km
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [PWK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpwk.md) Chicago Executive Airport · 62 mi / 100 km

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kmgc/data