KGYY — Gary/Chicago Intl
Gary/Chicago, IN · field elevation 597 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KGYY current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KGYY 252350Z 02006KT 10SM BKN110 16/11 A3026
- Wind
- from 020° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- ceiling 11,000 ft AGL
- Temperature
- 16 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.26 inHg
- Density altitude
- 436 ft · pressure altitude 257 ft
- Observed
- 9 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 020° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 02 | 6 kt head | — |
| 30 | 1 kt head | 6 kt from the right |
| 12 | 1 kt tail | 6 kt from the left |
| 20 | 6 kt tail | — |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
2 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 14,000–38,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KGYY 252320Z 2600/2624 07007KT P6SM BKN100
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 41.61725, -87.41453
- Elevation
- 597 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
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Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1140Z / 2342Z
- Tower hours
- 0600-2300
- Magnetic variation
- 2°W (1990)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Chicago
- County
- Lake, IN
Airport diagram
Everything else KGYY publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 8,859 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 02/20 | 3,604 | 100 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 134.575
- Tower 0600-2300
- 125.6
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 125.6
- Approach
- 133.1
Published procedures
- 8 approaches — ILS, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 5 departures published
- 2 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KIGQ Lansing Muni7 nm
- KMDW Chicago Midway Intl18 nm
- KVPZ Porter County Rgnl21 nm
- KMGC Michigan City Muni-Phillips Fld27 nm
- KLOT Lewis University31 nm
- KPPO La Porte Muni31 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KGYY airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Indiana airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.