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KMGC · MGC

Michigan City Municipal Airport

41.70330°N
-86.82120°W
ARR / DAY
2
74.1%
DEP / DAY
3
72.5%

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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMGC 180035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/17 A3001 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
66% of ops
288 land · 130 TO
20
34% of ops
151 land · 254 TO
Runway 02 carries 66% of operations (288 landings, 130 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 20 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

02 288 landings
UA 16%
20 151 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 02 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (46 UA events from 288 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
15.7
flights/day · 470 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 15.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× weekday (23.0 vs 13.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 343 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
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