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KMGC · MGC

Michigan City Municipal Airport

41.70330°N
-86.82120°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 13.2%
DEP / DAY
6
▼ 15.4%

Michigan City Municipal Airport (KMGC/MGC) is a small general aviation airport located in Michigan City, IN, 30 mi west of South Bend. It features 1 runway measuring 4,100 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMGC 120935Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2993 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

4,100 FT MAX
02/20
4,100 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

02
53% of ops
100 land · 95 TO
20
47% of ops
90 land · 76 TO
Runway 02 carries 53% of operations (100 landings, 95 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

02 100 landings
UA 21%
20 90 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 02 show a 21% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 100 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
10.5
flights/day · 316 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 5pm · 9pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–9pm local, averaging 10.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.7× weekday (20.1 vs 7.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% of 277 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 118.550 —
APCH 257.800 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 128.450 —
CD/P 118.625 —
OTHER 118.625 —
GOSHEN R 127.550 —
OTHER 127.550 —
GOSHEN R 307.175 —
OTHER 307.175 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZAU
Mag var:
3° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+, UL94

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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