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).
Weather right now KMGC · observed 4:15 pm CDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 10 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 43°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KMGC 062115Z AUTO 19010G17KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A2998 RMK AO2
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive, 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
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.