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Griffith-Merrillville Airport

41.51980°N
-87.39950°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 6.3%
DEP / DAY
20
▼ 9.1%

Griffith-Merrillville Airport (K05C) is a small general aviation airport located in Griffith, IN, 26 mi south east of Chicago. It features 1 runway measuring 4,900 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

From KRZL, 41 mi away (K05C does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KRZL 312355Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM BKN110 28/21 A2999 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW

Runways

1 installed

4,900 FT MAX
08/26
4,900 ft × 75
ASPH-G● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

08
53% of ops
137 land · 126 TO
26
47% of ops
123 land · 73 TO
Runway 08 carries 53% of operations (137 landings, 126 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 47%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

08 137 landings
UA 6%
26 123 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 08 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 137 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
17.5
flights/day · 525 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 17.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (16.5 vs 18.7 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

173 · 37%
116 · 25%
33 · 7%
20 · 4%
15 · 3%
14 · 3%
Activity is led by (37% of 469 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 133.100 —
APCH 285.600 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
CROWNPOI 122.300 —
OTHER 122.300 —
LUCIT ST 133.100 —
OTHER 133.100 —
LUCIT ST 285.600 —
OTHER 285.600 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Elevation:
634 ft
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, UL94

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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AlanM70
4/7/2022
Dropped off a new freind
I would like to see it in daytime. Maybe even try out the Mexican. They need to put in self-serve fuel
airbound
5/10/2011
05C - Griffith-Merrillville - Mexican Food on Airport
Great place for both 100LL and Human Fuel (on airport Mexican cafe). If you're there at night during late summer, watch out for mosquitoes - they are huge and have a big appetite (I had quite the cabin cleanup after smashing a dozen or so).
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