Griffith-Merrillville Airport
05C · Griffith, Indiana · Lake County · map
Griffith-Merrillville Airport is a public-use airport owned by Gary/Chicago Intl Airport Authority, 2 miles east of Griffith, Indiana, 634 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,899 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 53 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 28,705 takeoffs and landings a year. About 20 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 05C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Gary/Chicago Intl Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 634 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; November to March, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,899 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, building 12 ft high 380 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the right, threshold displaced 1,120 ft, trees 55 ft high 360 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure · Lucit and star | 133.1 |
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 28,705, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Griffith from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Griffith, Indiana: 15 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach slope 26:1 from dthr; 55 feet trees 1480 feet from dthr.
- Unatndd new years, easter, thanksgiving and christmas.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.