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K05C ·

Griffith-Merrillville Airport

41.51980°N

-87.39950°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 32.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 51.8%

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 10 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Current weather

From KVPZ, 21 mi away (K05C does not publish METAR)

58m ago

Temp

74°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KVPZ 131956Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW019 OVC025 23/23 A3000 RMK AO2 RAB47E56 PRESFR SLP153 P0000 T02330228 $

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

56% of ops

434 land · 361 TO

44% of ops

343 land · 212 TO

Runway 26 carries 56% of operations (434 landings, 361 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

26 434 landings

UA 4%

08 343 landings

UA 5%

Approaches to 26 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 434 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

25.3

flights/day · 760 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

61%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 25.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (23.2 vs 27.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 688 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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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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