Gary/Chicago International Airport (IATA: GYY, ICAO: KGYY, FAA LID: GYY) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Gary, in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The airport, which serves the Chicago metropolitan area, is 25 miles (40 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop. It is operated by the Gary Chicago Airport Authority, the basis for which was formed by the Chicago Gary Airport Compact signed in 1995. Nearby highway connections include I-90, I-80, I-94, I-65 and the Chicago Skyway.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 4,353 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 1,633 enplanements in 2009, and 2,143 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (between 2,500 and 10,000 per year) but would be categorized as general aviation based on enplanements in 2010.
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