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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 83 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 24,793 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,703 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Gary/Chicago International?
Its FAA code is GYY, and its ICAO code is KGYY.
Where is Gary/Chicago International?
It is 3 miles northwest of Gary/Chicago, Indiana, 597 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Gary/Chicago International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 12/30, is 8,859 feet long.
Does Gary/Chicago International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Gary/Chicago International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Gary/Chicago International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Louisville Muhammad Ali International, Alexandria International, Kansas City International, Willow Run, EL Paso International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Gary/Chicago International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Griffith Aviation INC and R P M Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gary/Chicago International?
16 pilot examiners and 28 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Griffith-Merrillville Airport (6 nm south), Lansing Municipal (7 nm southwest), Chicago Midway International (18 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 251 departures from GYY in those twelve months, carrying 3,366 passengers in 6,012 seats (56% filled), to 18 destinations on 8 airlines.
All 18 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 27 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 41 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 7 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 24,793, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 521 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,754 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,768 |
| general aviation, local | 7,385 |
| military | 2,365 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gary/Chicago from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Gary/Chicago, IN as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Griffith Aviation INC 10 aircraft · Griffith, 7 miles away Griffith Aviation is a flight school and full-service FBO based at Griffith-Merrillville Airport in Griffith, Indiana, serving Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area.
- R P M Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · South Holland, 10 miles away RPM Flying Club Inc is a flying club based at Lansing Municipal Airport in South Holland, Illinois.
- B&D Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Portage, 12 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 15 for airplanes, 5 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 28 aviation medical examiners, 6 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (1 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [email protected]
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Griffith Aviation · Griffith, IN (6 nm) · (847) 219-1189 · [email protected]
- Keegan Starkey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Valparaiso, IN (21 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · [email protected]
- Alexander Quinn Waterloo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Forest Park, IL (23 nm) · (708) 224-5021 · [email protected]
- Alan Wayne Zielinski private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, balloons · Niles, IL (30 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
- Adam Milnes private pilot; airplanes · Greater Chicago FSDO · Des Plaines, IL (31 nm) · (708) 819-5040 · [email protected]
- Devin John Macdonald private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chicago, IL (31 nm) · (847) 778-0130 · [email protected]
- Gerry F Ventrella private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Chicago, IL (31 nm) · (773) 294-2726 · [email protected]
All 65 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 in the last ten years
- Griffith Aviation INC 10 aircraft · flight school
- R P M Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- B&D Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 195 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Alexandria International (AEX) 12 flights in twelve months · Eastern Air Express, LLC (EAX), Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Kansas City International (MCI) 12 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc., USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Willow Run (YIP) 8 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- EL Paso International (ELP) 4 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Laredo International (LRD) 4 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- Oakland County International (PTK) 3 flights in twelve months · Gulf And Caribbean Cargo
- Springfield-Branson Ntl (SGF) 3 flights in twelve months · Global Crossing Airlines, Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,694 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GYY.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.