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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Twin Cities sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1948
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
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 Minneapolis from the FAA register
171 aircraft are registered to owners in Minneapolis, Minnesota: 87 piston singles, 38 airliners and large jets, 15 business jets, 10 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.