Crystal Airport (Minnesota)

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

Crystal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Metropolitan Airports Commission
Serves Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location Crystal, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 869 ft / 265 m
Map
MIC
MIC

Location of airport in Minnesota / United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14L/32R 3,268 995 Asphalt
14R/32L 3,267 995 Asphalt
6L/24R 2,500 762 Asphalt
6R/24L 2,123 647 Turf
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2014) 42,351
Based aircraft (2017) 177

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]

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 January 2017, there were 177 aircraft based at this airport: 159 single-engine, 11 multi-engine and 7 helicopter.[2]

The airport has a viewing area open from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM from May 1st until the first snowfall that is free to the public with a picnic shelter and unobstructed views of the airfield and air traffic control tower. [3]

The airport has a full-service FBO offering flight training, charters, air-taxi, scenic flights, indoor and outdoor aircraft parking, rental cars, aviation fuel, pilot shop, and aircraft service. [4]

Several flying clubs are based at the airport including Club Cherokee, Gopher Flying Club, and Yankee Flying Club.

History

Crystal had an airfield in the early 1920s near the intersection of West Broadway and 49th Avenue N.

The current Crystal Airport is located one mile northeast of the original airfield. The airport site was acquired by the Metropolitan Airports Commission in 1948.

In 1952 the airport had a 2500 foot by 75 foot paved northwest-southeast runway and a parallel turf runway along with two crosswind northeast-southwest turf runways.

In 1961 the primary runway was expanded to its current length and the crosswind runway was paved. [5]

Transit

Crystal Airport is served by MetroTransit Routes 721, 716, and 767.[6]

The METRO BLUE LINE light rail extension will have a stop at the Crystal Airport linking downtown Minneapolis, Target Field, U.S. Bank Stadium, the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, and the Mall of America to the Crystal Airport with a single seat light rail trip.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for MIC (Form 5010 PDF), effective Jan 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ "FAA ATADS". Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  3. ↑ "Friends of the Crystal Airport". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  4. ↑ "Home - Thunderbird Aviation". Thunderbird Aviation. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Crystal Airport 2035 LTCP".
  6. ↑ "Interactive Transit Map". www.metrotransit.org. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Metro Blue Line Extension".


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