Crystal Airport
MIC · KMIC · Minneapolis, Minnesota · Hennepin County · map
Crystal Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Metropolitan Airport Cmsn, 8 miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 869 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 3,751 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 102 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 42,868 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Crystal Airport?
Its FAA code is MIC, and its ICAO code is KMIC.
Where is Crystal Airport?
It is 8 miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, 869 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Crystal Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 14/32, is 3,751 feet long.
Does Crystal Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Crystal Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Crystal Airport?
12 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Yankee Flying Club INC and Nordic Flyers II LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Crystal Airport?
9 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KMIC · observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.16 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
METAR KMIC 221853Z 17005KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP214 T02220122
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KMIC
- the station, KMIC
- 221853Z
- observed 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC)
- 17005KT
- wind from the south at 5 knots
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- CLR
- clear skies
- 22/12
- temperature 22 °C (72 °F), dew point 12 °C (54 °F)
- A3016
- altimeter setting 30.16 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- SLP214
- sea-level pressure 1021.4 hPa
- T02220122
- temperature 22.2 °C (72 °F), dew point 12.2 °C (54 °F)
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.
Flight planning field conditions, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
Field conditions now: elevation 869 ft, altimeter 30.16, 72°F (22°C; standard would be 14°C). Pressure altitude 650 ft. Density altitude 1,650 ft. The aircraft performs as if the field were at 1,650 feet: above the field (750 feet higher). The air is 8 °C warmer than standard, so expect a somewhat longer takeoff run and a slower climb than at standard temperature.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Use end | Wind on it | Room for your book distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,751 ft | asphalt | 14 | 4 kt headwind, 2 kt crosswind from the right | |
| 06L/24R | 2,500 ft | asphalt | 24R | 2 kt headwind, 4 kt crosswind from the left | |
| 06R/24L | 1,669 ft | grass | 24L | 2 kt headwind, 4 kt crosswind from the left |
Wind 170° true at 5 kt; the end with the most headwind is shown for each runway, with the crosswind at that end.
Pressure altitude is the field elevation corrected for today's altimeter setting; density altitude adds the effect of temperature. The aircraft's manual turns these into takeoff and landing distances, climb and fuel burn. Observation KMIC, 1:53 pm CDT (18:53 UTC).
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. 1 pilot report of turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours: moderate chop turbulence, at 35,000 ft, 97 nm southwest, 1:55 pm CDT (18:55 UTC). The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The freezing level is about 12,000 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- B39M at 35,000 ft, 97 nm southwest, 1:55 pm CDT (18:55 UTC): moderate chop turbulence.
as filed, and in English
FRM UA /OV FRM/TM 1855/FL350/TP B39M/TB MOD CHOP
- Report
- a routine report filed through FRM
- Where
- over FRM
- Time
- 18:55 UTC
- Height
- at 35,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B39M
- Turbulence
- moderate chop
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (MSP, 12 nm southeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 160° at 9 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 9 kt, 11 °C; 9,000 ft: 260° at 14 kt, 6 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 12 kt, 0 °C; 18,000 ft: 250° at 15 kt, -12 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
5 notices to air missions in force at this field.
All 5 notices, grouped: procedures and charts (1), obstructions (2), airspace (2) →
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked a minute ago). The FAA has so far issued eFlight its test feed, which misses some notices; the request for the full feed is with the FAA.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MIC · ICAO KMIC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Metropolitan Airport Cmsn
- Elevation
- 869 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm oct 1-apr 30; 7:00 am to 10:00 pm may 1-sep 30
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1948
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,751 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06L/24R | 2,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 06R/24L | 1,669 × 137 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 241 ft, 3,508 ft available for landing, tree 57 ft high 1,103 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 241 ft, 3,509 ft available for landing, trees 48 ft high 944 ft from the end
- Runway 06L: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 390 ft, 2,110 ft available for landing, tree 67 ft high 1,160 ft from the end
- Runway 24R: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 389 ft, 2,111 ft available for landing, tree 60 ft high 973 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.7 | Crystal |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.475 | Crystal |
| Clearance delivery · Ground When tower closed | 121.6 | Crystal |
| Approach and departure | 126.5 | Crystal |
| Twolf and star | 126.95 | Crystal |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 763-531-2343.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Anoka County/Blaine (Janes Field) (8 nm northeast), Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (12 nm southeast), Flying Cloud Airport (15 nm south).
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 Minnesota · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 and 06L/24R - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 14 and 32; VASI runway 06L and 24R - operates continuously.
- Fuel available H24 via credit card.
- Closed NOV-APR; closed when the control tower closed.
- Calm wind runway when the control tower closed.
- Yellow cones.
- Yellow cones.
- 23:1 to dthr.
- Clnc slp 23:1 to dthr.
- 21:1 to dthr.
- Clnc slp 25:1 to dthr.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Ultralight operations prohibited.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 95 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| helicopters | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 42,868, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 4 |
| air taxi and commuter | 301 |
| general aviation, travelling | 20,864 |
| general aviation, local | 21,552 |
| military | 147 |
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 Minneapolis from the FAA register
170 aircraft are registered to owners in Minneapolis, Minnesota: 87 piston singles, 38 airliners and large jets, 15 business jets, 9 piston twins, 7 gliders. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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:
- Yankee Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Maple Grove, 6 miles away Yankee Flying Club is a flying club based at Minneapolis Crystal Airport (KMIC) in Crystal, Minnesota.
- Nordic Flyers II LLC 2 aircraft · Plymouth, 6 miles away Nordic Plains Aviation is a Part 61 flight school operating at Fergus Falls Regional Airport (KFFM) and Bemidji Regional Airport (KBJI) in Minnesota.
- Acapulco Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · New Brighton, 7 miles away Prescott Flying Club is an equity-based flying club based at Fleming Field (KSGS) in South St.
- Hyland Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Coon Rapids, 8 miles away
- Fly Well Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Roseville, 10 miles away Flywell Flying Club is a flying club based at Anoka County Airport near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Gateway Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Blaine, 10 miles away Gateway Flying Club is a nonprofit equity membership flying club based at Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Blaine, Minnesota.
- Twin Cities Flight Training INC 2 aircraft · Blaine, 10 miles away Twin Cities Flight Training is a flight school based at Anoka County–Blaine Airport (KANE) in Blaine, Minnesota.
- Mn Helicopters INC 6 aircraft · Minneapolis, 14 miles away Minnesota Helicopters Inc.
- Aero Flight Flying Club 1 aircraft · Minneapolis, 14 miles away Club Cherokee is a non-profit, equity-based flying club based at Crystal Airport (KMIC) near Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Lake Elmo Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Vadnais Heights, 14 miles away Lake Elmo Aero is a flight school located at Lake Elmo Airport in Minnesota offering flight training for private pilot, instrument, commercial, multi-engine, and instructor certifications, as well as tailwheel endorsements and discovery fli
- Liberty Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Ramsey, 14 miles away
- Wallys Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Saint Paul, 15 miles away
Repair stations in Minneapolis:
- Delta Air Lines INC Delta TechOps is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider based in Atlanta, Georgia, serving Delta Air Lines and over 150 other aviation customers worldwide.
- Horizon Aircraft Engine Services INC
- Maxwell Aircraft Service INC Maxwell Aircraft Service is a repair station specializing in aircraft propeller and governor repair and overhaul.
- Msp Aero West Star Aviation is a full-service aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) provider with locations across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
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
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 20 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Matthew Allen Bradway private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Fridley, MN (5 nm) · (763) 458-1863 · [email protected]
- Barbara Ann Mack private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Hangar · Blaine, MN (10 nm) · (612) 554-1233 · [email protected]
- Mary Kristen Alverson private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, seaplanes · Minneapolis, MN (12 nm) · (612) 240-0123 · [email protected]
- Jacob William Fielstra private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Hangar Office · Eden Prairie, MN (15 nm) · (952) 303-2043 · [email protected]
- Sanjay Sundar Sujanani private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lakeville, MN (25 nm) · (612) 964-9394 · [email protected]
- James Nobel Shadduck private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · James Shadduck, Legacy Pilot Training, Maple Lake Airport · Maple Lake, MN (29 nm) · (952) 210-6250 · [email protected]
- Adam Timothy Magee private pilot, commercial pilot; balloons · River Falls, WI (34 nm) · (573) 881-2457 · [email protected]
- Thomas Paul Burns private pilot, flight instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Stanton, MN (38 nm) · (563) 299-5942 · [email protected]
All 60 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 34 since 1982, 3 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
- Aircraft registered in Minneapolis 170 aircraft · 87 piston singles, 38 airliners and large jets, 15 business jets
- Sun Country INC 36 aircraft in town
- Mn Helicopters INC 4 aircraft in town
- Ziegler Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Wings Over Water INC 2 aircraft in town
- Yankee Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Nordic Flyers II LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Acapulco Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Delta Air Lines INC · repair station
- Horizon Aircraft Engine Services INC · repair station
- Maxwell Aircraft Service INC · repair station
- Msp Aero · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 34 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,915 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MIC.json.
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 21, 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.