Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field
MGC · KMGC · Michigan City, Indiana · La Porte County · map
Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field is a public-use airport owned by Michigan City Boac, 3 miles east of Michigan City, Indiana, 655 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,099 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas) and about 51 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 6,365 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
Its FAA code is MGC, and its ICAO code is KMGC.
Where is Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
It is 3 miles east of Michigan City, Indiana, 655 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 4,099 feet long, asphalt.
Does Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas.
Are there flight schools at Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: La Porte Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field?
5 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Michigan City Muni-Phillips Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MGC · ICAO KMGC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Michigan City Boac
- Elevation
- 655 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 4,099 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: threshold displaced 342 ft, road 15 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 20: threshold displaced 183 ft, brush 87 ft high 1,575 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.625 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.55 | |
| Goshen and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.55 | |
| Mgc and aWOS-3 | 128.450 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 219-878-1106.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- parachute jumping
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: LA Porte Municipal (9 nm southeast), Porter County Regional (17 nm southwest), South Bend International (23 nm east).
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
- Sawrs.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service available with credit card.
- Self service available with credit card.
- Self service available with credit card.
- 10 feet brush 110 feet R of centerline 60 feet from runway end.
- Approach slope 20:1 at dthr.
- Approach slope 20:1 at dthr.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 | 43 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 1 |
| other | 1 |
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 6,365, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 636 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,465 |
| general aviation, local | 4,264 |
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 Michigan City from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Michigan City, Indiana: 20 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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:
- La Porte Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · La Porte, 10 miles away La Porte Aero Club is a social flying club founded in 1976 with a clubhouse at LaPorte Municipal Airport in Indiana.
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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 18 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 engineering representatives, 1 training center examiner.
- John Peter Boos private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Eagle Flight School - VPZ · Valparaiso, IN (17 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 (17 nm) · (863) 271-4995 · [email protected]
- Mohammad Shawahin private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Gary, IN (27 nm) · (773) 359-2773 · [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 (46 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 (48 nm) · (630) 370-7071 · [email protected]
All 28 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.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 9 since 1982, 0 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 Michigan City 23 aircraft · 20 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 drones
- La Porte Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,697 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MGC.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 26, 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.