Gary/Chicago International Airport

Welcome to our New Website!

Welcome to the Gary/Chicago International Airport (GCIA). Over the last few years the GCIA has undergone some major changes to accommodate passengers in the region and improve the airport environment to promote economic development.

Improvements include Boeing apron expansion, acquisition of 162 acres of property for the Runway Expansion Project, White Lodging Hangar construction, and Instrument Landing System (ILS) upgrades.

In addition, there are several projects that are near completion. Those include Gary Jet Center (GJC) West Hangar and the Army National Guard facility.

We will continue to work hard pursuing new commercial air service options to destinations requested by Chicagoland residents, while keeping airport cost as low as possible.

We hope you enjoy our new website. It should provide a better communication link between the airport and customers. If there is additional information that you would find useful, please let me know.

Thanks,

Chris Curry
Director

CSX and NS Railroad Milestone

Customers, as you are aware, the Gary Chicago Airport reached an important milestone on April 25, 2008 when an agreement was reached with the CSX and NS railroads. This agreement provides the basis for the CSX railroad to abandon the “Fort Wayne Line” and shift their operations to the NS “Sugar Track” that runs parallel and located north of the airport.

The benefits for the airport associated with this agreement are as follows:

- Extend the crosswind runway from 3,603 feet to at least 5,500 feet and widen the runway from 100 feet to 150 feet.

- Allows the airport the versatility to land a variety of air carriers when the weather conditions (winds) favor landing from the northeast or southwest.

- At 4,200 feet or more the airport can establish a precision approach procedure for the crosswind runway that will allow a pilot to land in adverse weather conditions.

Some of the aircraft capable of landing on a runway 5,500 feet in length in dry weather conditions are as follows:

Boeing 757-200, 737-300, 737-200, 737-500, 737-700, MD-80, DC-9, Airbus 320 and 319.

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