Facilities and Aircraft
Gary/Chicago International Airport covers an area of 675 acres (273 ha) at an elevation of 591 feet (180 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 7,003 by 150 feet (2,135 x 46 m) and 2/20 is 3,603 by 100 feet.
For the 12-month period ending October 31, 2011, the airport had 30,733 aircraft operations, an average of 84 per day: 83% general aviation, 13% military, 3% air taxi, and 1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 84 aircraft based at this airport: 39% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 31% jet, and 10% helicopter.
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