Gary/Chicago International Airport

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Gary/Chicago International Airport
IATA: GYY ICAO: KGYY FAA LID: GYY
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Chicago/Gary Regional Airport Authority
Operator	Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority
Serves	Chicago, Illinois and Northwest Indiana
Location	Gary, Indiana
Opened	1954 (1954)[1]
Elevation AMSL	597 ft / 182 m
Coordinates	41°36′59″N 087°24′46″W / 41.61639°N 87.41278°W / 41.61639; -87.41278
Website	www.flygyy.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 12/30 8,859 2,700 Concrete 02/20 3,604 1,098 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2022) 22,054 Based aircraft (2022) 114
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[2]

Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA: GYY, ICAO: KGYY, FAA LID: GYY) is a joint civil-military public airport in Gary, in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is three miles northwest of the city center^[2] of Gary, and 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop. It is operated by the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority, which was created by an interstate compact between Gary, Chicago, and Indiana.^[3] Nearby highway connections include I-90, I-80, I-94, I-65 and the Chicago Skyway.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 4,353 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,^[4] 1,633 in 2009 and 2,143 in 2010.^[5] It is in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which called it a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year)^[6] but would be categorized as general aviation based on enplanements in 2010.