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KMGC · MGC

Michigan City Municipal Airport

41.70330°N
-86.82120°W
ARR / DAY
5
39.6%
DEP / DAY
7
41.8%

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 4,099 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

47m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
4 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMGC 030055Z AUTO 20004KT 10SM CLR 28/23 A2993 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

4,099 FT MAX
02/20
4,099 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

02
63% of ops
194 land · 161 TO
20
37% of ops
114 land · 161 TO
Runway 02 carries 63% of operations (194 landings, 161 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

02 194 landings
UA 18%
20 114 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 02 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (34 UA events from 194 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
11.5
flights/day · 346 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 6pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 11.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (16.8 vs 10.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (50% of 302 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:42 UTC