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Cline Avenue Closure

To Our Valued Customer:

The permanent Cline Avenue Closure has come as a surprise to many of the users of this road. Although we do not believe the closure will have an immediate effect, we will continue to monitor the decisions and plans for Cline Avenue’s future. We would like to hear your thoughts on if it would impact your travel to the Gary Chicago International Airport.

Please submit your comments via my blog. I look forward to hearing from you.

Submit Your Input

To Our Valuable Customers:

Every year during this time, the airport industry begins the process of recruitment of airline services. The process is unique, however, it is a golden opportunity for airports and airlines to meet face-to-face to discuss airline development specifically for their airports. As the Gary Chicago Airport’s recruitment team meets with prospective airlines, we believe it is important to have the thoughts of our regional customers to the following:

- Destinations of interest
- Ground Transportation Opportunities – Shuttle service to and from destinations
- Terminal Amenities – restaurants, copier/fax services, etc.
- Other suggestions

Feel free to submit your thoughts via my blog. We look forward to all of your suggestions.

CSX and NS Railroad Milestone

Customers, as you are aware, the Gary Chicago Airport reached an important milestone on April 25, 2008 when an agreement was reached with the CSX and NS railroads. This agreement provides the basis for the CSX railroad to abandon the “Fort Wayne Line” and shift their operations to the NS “Sugar Track” that runs parallel and located north of the airport.

The benefits for the airport associated with this agreement are as follows:

- Extend the crosswind runway from 3,603 feet to at least 5,500 feet and widen the runway from 100 feet to 150 feet.

- Allows the airport the versatility to land a variety of air carriers when the weather conditions (winds) favor landing from the northeast or southwest.

- At 4,200 feet or more the airport can establish a precision approach procedure for the crosswind runway that will allow a pilot to land in adverse weather conditions.

Some of the aircraft capable of landing on a runway 5,500 feet in length in dry weather conditions are as follows:

Boeing 757-200, 737-300, 737-200, 737-500, 737-700, MD-80, DC-9, Airbus 320 and 319.

Your thoughts?

Welcome to our New Website!

Welcome to the Gary/Chicago International Airport (GCIA). Over the last few years the GCIA has undergone some major changes to accommodate passengers in the region and improve the airport environment to promote economic development.

Improvements include Boeing apron expansion, acquisition of 162 acres of property for the Runway Expansion Project, White Lodging Hangar construction, and Instrument Landing System (ILS) upgrades.

In addition, there are several projects that are near completion. Those include the Gary Jet Center (GJC) West Hangar and the Army National Guard facility.

We will continue to work hard pursuing new commercial air service options to destinations requested by Chicagoland residents, while keeping airport cost as low as possible.

We hope you enjoy our website. It should provide a better communication link between the airport and customers. If there is additional information that you would find useful, please let me know.

Thanks,

Chris Curry
Director

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