Crystal Airport (Minnesota)

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Coordinates: 45°03′43″N 093°21′14″W / 45.06194, -93.35389

Crystal Airport
IATA: MIC – ICAO: KMIC – FAA: MIC
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Metropolitan Airports Commission
Serves		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location		Crystal, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL		869 ft / 265 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14L/32R	3,263	995	Asphalt
14R/32L	3,266	995	Asphalt
6L/24R	2,499	762	Asphalt
6R/24L	2,122	647	Turf
Statistics (2004)
Aircraft operations			187,859
Based aircraft			263
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Crystal Airport (IATA: MIC, ICAO: KMIC, FAA LID: MIC) is a public airport located in the city of Crystal in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is eight miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Minneapolis and is owned by the Metropolitan Airports Commission.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Crystal Airport covers an area of 436 acres (176 ha) which contains four runways:^[1]

Runway 14L/32R: 3,263 x 75 ft. (995 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 14R/32L: 3,266 x 75 ft. (995 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 6L/24R: 2,499 x 75 ft. (762 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Runway 6R/24L: 2,122 x 202 ft. (647 x 62 m), Surface: Turf

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2004, the airport had 187,859 aircraft operations, an average of 514 per day: 95% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. There are 263 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% helicopter and 1% jet.^[1]