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Michigan City Municipal Airport (KMGC), also known as Phillips Field, is a small general aviation airport three nautical miles east of downtown Michigan City in LaPorte County, Indiana, close to the Lake Michigan shoreline. It has served the region since 1940 and today offers fuel, hangarage, maintenance, flight training, charter and skydiving operations for visiting VFR pilots.
Michigan City Municipal Airport, historically known as Phillips Field, is a publicly owned general aviation field serving Michigan City, Indiana, and the surrounding Northwest Indiana and Southwest Michigan region. It is owned by the Michigan City Board of Aviation Commissioners and caters to private pilots, corporate aircraft and charter operators rather than scheduled airline traffic, making it a straightforward and welcoming destination for a simulator pilot flying light GA types in the Lake Michigan area.
The airport lies about three nautical miles east of the central business district of Michigan City, in LaPorte County, Indiana, close to the southern shore of Lake Michigan. It is an uncontrolled field, with South Bend Approach/Departure providing services on 118.55 MHz for IFR traffic transiting or arriving in the wider area, and South Bend Clearance Delivery available on 134.8 MHz.
The field has a single hard-surfaced, lit runway aligned 02/20. The database records slightly different published lengths for each direction, 3,749 feet for runway 02 and 3,911 feet for runway 20, which likely reflects a displaced threshold rather than two separate strips. Field elevation is 646 feet.
There is no control tower at Michigan City Municipal; local traffic uses UNICOM/CTAF on 122.7 MHz for self-announced calls in the airport vicinity. For IFR routing or transit, South Bend Approach/Departure works the area on 118.55 MHz, with South Bend Clearance Delivery on 134.8 MHz. The airport has no instrument landing system.
As an uncontrolled airfield, arriving and departing traffic is expected to self-announce and coordinate on the UNICOM/CTAF frequency of 122.7 MHz. No specific published circuit height, noise abatement procedure or mandatory joining pattern is detailed in available sources.
The airport sits close to Lake Michigan, roughly three nautical miles east of downtown Michigan City, making the shoreline and the town's built-up area useful visual references when approaching from the west or north. No formal published visual reporting points are described in available sources.
Michigan City Municipal Airport, originally known as Phillips Field, opened in April 1940 and has operated as the city's general aviation airport ever since, under the ownership of the Michigan City Board of Aviation Commissioners. In 2007 the airport received the Airport of the Year Award, presented jointly by the Aviation Association of Indiana, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Indiana Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation, in recognition of its standing among the state's general aviation facilities.
Michigan City Municipal Airport is a full-service general aviation facility offering aircraft refuelling, overnight hangar space, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, charter services and skydiving operations. Self-service fuel is available around the clock, and staffed hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time, with restroom access available after hours via a security-panel code. The airport has no scheduled airline service; the nearest commercial airports are South Bend International, Chicago Midway and Chicago O'Hare. A runway extension project, intended to lengthen the 02/20 runway to around 5,000 feet, has been proposed by the Board of Aviation Commissioners and the City of Michigan City, though it remains a future plan rather than a completed work.
