Crystal Airport (Minnesota)
45°03′43″N 093°21′14″W / 45.06194°N 93.35389°W
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Metropolitan Airports Commission | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serves | Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Crystal, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 869 ft / 265 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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  MIC Location of airport in Minnesota/United States  MIC MIC (the United States) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Crystal Airport (IATA: MIC, ICAO: KMIC, FAA LID: MIC) is a public airport named after the city of Crystal in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Most of the airport is in the city of Crystal. Portions north of 62nd Avenue are in Brooklyn Park, and the north east corner of the airport is in Brooklyn Center. It is eight miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Minneapolis and is owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission.[1]
The airport opened in 1946 as a privately owned public use airport. In 1948 the Metropolitan Airports Commission purchased the airport. Additional land purchases were made in 1951 and 1954.
Facilities and aircraft
Crystal Airport covers an area of 436 acres (176 ha) which contains four runways:[1]
- Runway 14L/32R: 3,268 x 75 ft (995 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 14R/32L: 3,267 x 75 ft (995 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 6L/24R: 2,500 x 75 ft (762 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 6R/24L: 2,123 x 150 ft (647 x 46 m), Surface: Turf
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2014, the airport had 42,351 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per day: 1% air taxi and 99% general aviation. In September 2016, there were 177 aircraft based at this airport: 159 single-engine, 11 multi-engine and 7 helicopter.[2]
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for MIC PDF, effective Sep 15, 2016.
- ^ "FAA ATADS". Retrieved 2014-03-11.
External links
- Metroairports.org - Crystal
- "Minnesota Airport Directory: Crystal Airport" (PDF). (405 KiB)
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MIC
- AirNav airport information for KMIC
- ASN accident history for MIC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Crystal Airport Community Group
- Club Cherokee Flying Club
- Yankee Flying Club
- Thunderbird Aviation
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