Airfield Information

Operating Hours:
8 AM - 5 PM CST
Seven days a week, year round.

Holiday Closures: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, President's Day, Columbus Day, Easter, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

After Hours Access: Indoor restrooms, local phone and vending machines available with MGC Unicom code entered into front door security access pad. Door will automatically lock after you leave.

Michigan City Municipal Airport
Phillips Field, 1300 North Highway 212
Michigan City, Indiana 46360

Staff Directory

Location

FAA Identifier: MGC
Lat/Long: 41-42-11.9410N / 086-49-16.4700W
41-42.199017N / 086-49.274500W
41.7033169 / -86.8212417
(estimated)
Elevation: 655 ft. / 199.6 m (surveyed)
Variation: 03W (2000)
From city: 3 miles E of MICHIGAN CITY, IN
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 46360

Michigan City, Indiana is located in the southern shores of Lake Michigan and adjacent to the Indiana Dues National Lakeshore and State Park. The city, which is located in the northernmost part of LaPorte County, is only 55 miles east of Chicago and 10 miles southwest of the Michigan state line. The city’s economy is diversified featuring a sound industrial base accompanied by strong retail service and tourist sectors. The community is also extremely well oriented to the Chicago area, which is America's second largest market. Our central location between Chicago and other leading industrial and consumer markets of the Midwest makes Michigan City a natural production and distribution center.

Airport Operations

Airport use: 
Open to the public
Activation date: 
04/1940
Sectional chart: 
CHICAGO
Control tower: 
no
ARTCC: 
CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: 
TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: 
HUF (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 
0800-1700
Wind indicator: 
lighted
Segmented circle: 
yes
Lights: 
DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 02/20 & REIL RY 20 - CTAF.
Beacon: 
white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM:
122.7
SOUTH BEND APPROACH:
118.55
SOUTH BEND DEPARTURE:
118.55
CLEARANCE DELIVERY:
118.625
WX AWOS-3P at MGC (on field)
128.45 (219)878-1106

APCH & DEP CTL SVC PROVIDED BY CHICAGO ARTCC ON 127.55/263.1 (GOSHEN RCAG) WHEN SOUTH BEND APCH CTL CLSD

Nearby Radio Navigation Aids

VOR radial/distance
VOR name
Freq
Var
GIJr260/22.8
GIPPER VORTAC
115.40
00E
OXIr341/24.1
KNOX VOR/DME
115.60
00E
CGTr069/35.6
CHICAGO HEIGHTS VORTAC
114.20
02E
GSHr287/37.2
GOSHEN VORTAC
113.70
00E

Runway Information

Dimensions: 4100 X 75ft / 1250 X 23m
Surface: Asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: Medium intensity

 
Runway 02
Runway 20
Latitude
41 - 41.882633N
41 - 42.515667N
Longitude
086 - 49.431017W
086 – 49.118133W
Elevation
654.4 ft
641.7 ft
Traffic pattern
LEFT
LEFT
Runway heading
023 MAGNTIC, 020 TRUE
203 MAGNETIC, 200 TRUE
Displaced Threshold
360 ft
183 ft
Markings
Nonprecision, in good condition
Nonprecision, in good condition
Visual Slope Indicator
2 – Light PAPI on left
(4.00 degrees glide path)
2 – Light PAPI on left
Runway end identifier lights
NO
YES
Obstructions
14 ft. road, 255 ft. from runway, 3:1 slope to clear. RWY 02 FUEL HUT 130'S & 125'RT/AUTO PARK E OF CNTRLN. +4 FT FENCE 186 FT L/R FM RY END.
50 ft. trees, 711 ft. from runway, 10:1 slope to clear. RY 20 APCH SLOPE 20:1 AT DSPLD THLD.

Additional Remarks
BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. E94 SAWRS.