Gary/Chicago International
GYY · KGYY · Gary/Chicago, Indiana · Lake County · map
Gary/Chicago International is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Gary/Chicago, Indiana, 597 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 8,859 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGYY · observed 4:50 pm CDT (21:50 UTC), 16 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 10 knots, gusting to 16
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 12 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 30,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm CDT (23:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet, scattered clouds at 30,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am CDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGYY 062150Z 19010G16KT 10SM CLR 24/07 A2994
TAF KGYY 061720Z 0618/0718 19012G22KT P6SM FEW300 FM062300 20007KT P6SM SCT060 SCT300 FM071400 30009KT P6SM SCT250
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GYY · ICAO KGYY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 597 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,859 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,604 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,959 ft available for landing, ant 93 ft high 3,777 ft from the end
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 900 ft, 7,959 ft available for landing, pole 68 ft high 3,422 ft from the end
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 42 ft high 1,050 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 37 ft high 833 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.6 | Gary |
| Digital ATIS · Gyy and aWOS-3PT | 134.575 | Gary |
| Ground | 121.9 | Gary |
| Approach and departure · Lucit and star | 133.1 | Gary |
| Arng and operations | 139.6 | Gary |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 219-944-0010.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Gary/Chicago from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Gary/Chicago, IN as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 4 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
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 30; runway end identifier lights runway 02, 12 and 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; high-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Uncontrolled vehicles north side ramps.
- Taxiway a, A1-A8 and C north of runway 12/30 available to air carrier more than 9 passenger seats.
- Taxiway F military use only.
- Line of sight NA between intersecting runway ends.
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.