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KMIC · Crystal Airport

ICAO · US · 34 NTSB events

ID KMIC FAA MIC Elev 869 ft Lat 45° 3.72' N Lon 93° 21.23' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

6 runway ends on file. Longest: 3,751 ft. Max gradient: 0.12%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
14 141° 3,751 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
32 321° 3,751 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.03%
06L 053° 2,500 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
24R 233° 2,500 ft 75 ft ASP Yes —
06R 053° 1,669 ft 137 ft GRS No —
24L 233° 1,669 ft 137 ft GRS No —

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 7 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 124.475
  • CLD CLNC DEL 121.600
  • GND GND 121.600
  • TWR TWR 120.700
  • CTAF CTAF 120.700
  • A/D MINNEAPOLIS APP/DEP 126.500
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KMIC on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 2 matched · 23 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 14 and 32; MIRL Rwy 14–32 and 06L–24R. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 14 and 32; MIRL Rwy 14–32 and 06L–24R. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 14 and 32; MIRL Rwy 14–32 and 06L–24R. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 14 and 32; MIRL Rwy 14–32 and 06L–24R—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds and wildlife on and invof arpt.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (23 sentences)
  • ·MINNESOTA 187 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CRYSTAL (MIC)(KMIC) 8 NW UTC–6(–5DT) N45º03.75´ W93º21.24´ 869 B NOTAM FILE MIC RWY 14–32: H3751X75 (ASPH) S–13, D–25 MIRL RWY 14: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 4.0º TCH 37´.
  • ·PAPI(P4L)—GA 4.0º TCH 35´.
  • ·RWY 06L–24R: H2500X75 (ASPH) S–12.5 MIRL RWY 06L: VASI(V4L)—GA 4.0º TCH 27´.
  • ·RWY 24R: VASI(V4L)—GA 3.5º TCH 29´.
  • ·RWY 06R–24L: 1669X137 (TURF)
  • ·RWY 06L:TORA–2500 TODA–2500 ASDA–2500 LDA–2110 RWY 14: TORA–3509 TODA–3509 ASDA–3750 LDA–3508 RWY 24R:TORA–2500 TODA–2500 ASDA–2500 LDA–2111 RWY 32: TORA–3508 TODA–3508 ASDA–3750 LDA–3509
  • ·PAPI Rwy 14 and 32; VASI Rwy 06L and 24R—opr consly.
  • ·Voluntary noise abatement procs in efct.
  • ·See aprt website for more info.
  • ·Attended continuously 1300–0300Z‡.
  • ·Ultralight ops prohibited.
  • ·Rwy 06R–24L clsd Nov–Apr; clsd when ATCT clsd. 100LL fuel avbl H24 with credit card.
  • ·Rwy 06R–24L marked with yellow cones.
  • ·When ATCT clsd snow removal ops mnt CTAF.
  • ·Hel trg conducted ovr grass east of Rwy 32 and south of Rwy 24L.
  • ·Rwy 14 calm rwy when ATCT is clsd.
  • ·Twy E btn Twy G5 and G6 clsd to acft with wingspan gtr than 55 ft.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 612-726-8140
  • ·CTAF 120.7 ATIS 124.475 UNICOM 122.95 ®MINNEAPOLIS APP/DEP CON 126.5 TOWER 120.7 (1300–0300Z‡ Oct 1–Apr 30; 1300–0400Z‡ May 1–Sep 30) GND CON 121.6 CLNC DEL 121.6
  • ·CLASS D svc 1300–0300Z‡ Oct 1–Apr 30, 1300–0400Z‡ May 1–Sep 30; other times CLASS E.
  • ·GOPHER (VH) (H) VORTACW 117.3 GEP Chan 120 N45º08.74´ W93º22.39´ 165º 5.1 NM to fld. 877/6E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 061º–071º byd 40 NM 067º–080º byd 47 NM blo 3,000´ 067º–080º byd 70 NM blo 12,000´ 239º–277º byd 40 NM blo 18,000´ COMM/NAV/WEATHER REMARKS: Emerg frequency 121.5 not available at tower. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – TWIN CITIES L–12J, 14I, A IAP, AD NC, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · MIC

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

34 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

35

since 1982

Fatal

2

5.7% of total

Last 5 years

5

≈ 1.0/yr

Last 10 years

5

≈ 0.5/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 193,514 ops in 1996

2024 total

42,868

10-yr total

393,953

2024 mix

AC/AT 1% · GA 99% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

12.7

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.73

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=6

  • Gear-up landing 2
  • Other 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Hard landing 1
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 1

All time · n=34

  • Other 5
  • Stall / spin 5
  • Ground collision 5
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 5
  • Loss of control 5
  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Gear-up landing 2

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2026-04-25 Beechcraft F33A · Other · day →
2024-12-11 Piper PA-28R-200 · Gear-up · night-moonlit →
2024-09-04 Piper PA-28R · Weather · VMC · day →
2024-08-06 Beech E-55 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2023-11-28 Piper PA-28-181 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2023-09-03 Van's Aircraft RV-12 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2011-06-04 MALKIN ROY K Searey · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2011-02-12 Piper PA-28-161 · Loss of control · day →
2010-06-19 PIPER/WALLY'S FLYERS INC J3C-65 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2009-06-16 Cirrus Design Corporation SR22 · Loss of control · night →
2004-04-22 Piper PA-18-150 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2002-06-20 Cessna 172N · Ground collision · day →
2002-06-06 Mooney M20J · Ground collision · day →
2002-05-10 Mooney M20F · Stall / spin · day →
2001-03-28 Cessna 414 · Stall / spin · IMC · day →
1998-11-23 Beech BE-55 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1997-11-26 King AVID FLYER C · Weather · VMC · day →
1997-06-16 Piper PA-38-112 · Ground collision · VMC · dusk →
1997-05-24 Cessna 152 · Stall / spin · day →
1997-01-22 Cessna 401 · Engine failure · IMC · day →
1994-12-28 Mooney M20K · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1992-08-29 Cessna 310D · Weather · day →
1990-03-20 Cessna 185 · Loss of control · day →
1989-07-09 Cessna 172 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
1988-07-22 Piper J-3 · Weather · VMC · day →
1988-02-24 Mooney M-20C · Other · VMC · night →
1987-05-15 Cessna 152 · Weather · VMC · day →
1986-03-16 Cessna 152 · Other · day →
1984-10-23 Piper PA-38-112 · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1984-01-10 Beech BE-33A · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · dawn →
1983-08-14 Cessna 170A · Other · day →
1983-08-03 Goodyear FG1D · Engine failure · day →
1983-06-24 Piper PA-32R · Other · day →
1982-03-07 Mooney M20J · Ground collision · day →

Designees in MN

CFI Flight Instructors 1,839 A&P Mechanics 4,413 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 39 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 7 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 8 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 5 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 8 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 23 APD Aircrew Program Designees (APD) 18 ODA Organizational Designations 2 Schools Flight Schools 44 FBO Fixed Base Operators 81 Clubs Flying Clubs 28 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 3 EAA EAA Chapters 27

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Mary Kristen Alverson Minneapolis MN 7 nm
Matthew Allen Bradway Minneapolis MN 7 nm
Barbara Ann Mack Blaine MN 9 nm
Jacob William Fielstra Eden Prairie MN 14 nm
Sanjay Sundar Sujanani Lakeville MN 24 nm
James Nobel Shadduck Maple Lake MN 30 nm
Thomas Paul Burns Stanton MN 41 nm
Steven Leroy Anderson Saint Cloud MN 42 nm
George Phillip Felix Siren WI 59 nm
Catherine Bonnie Plasschaert Mankato MN 60 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Gregory Stephen Beaner Crystal MN 2 nm
Jonathan Michael Koski New Hope MN 2 nm
Adam Matthew Douville New Hope MN 2 nm
Colin Marlin Johnson New Hope MN 2 nm
Nicholas Donald Fisher Robbinsdale MN 3 nm
Russell Andreas Freeman Robbinsdale MN 3 nm
Jordan Taylor Schiavone Robbinsdale MN 3 nm
William Robert Menne Brooklyn Park MN 3 nm
Michael Douglas Allen Stearns Brooklyn Park MN 3 nm
John Henry Jones Jr Brooklyn Park MN 3 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Roberto Alegria Atienza Crystal MN 2 nm
James Carl Selberg Crystal MN 2 nm
Gilbert James Pfister Jr Crystal MN 2 nm
Kaung Nyein Han Crystal MN 2 nm
David Latif Saraj Crystal MN 2 nm
Charles Farr Nichols Jr Brooklyn Center MN 2 nm
Timothy Joseph Tatley Brooklyn Center MN 2 nm
Alois Henry Knaus Brooklyn Center MN 2 nm
Robert Joseph Peterson Brooklyn Center MN 2 nm
Todd Clayton Maggert Brooklyn Center MN 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Twin Cities Aviation, Inc.
Blaine, MN
 7 nm
RC Avionics, Inc.
Blaine, MN
 7 nm
Perceptive Avionics
New Richmond, WI
 35 nm
Top Flight Avionics
Menomonie, WI
 64 nm
Aviation Resources
Cumberland, WI
 64 nm
Park Rapids Avionics
Park Rapids, MN
 131 nm
Spencer Avionics, Inc.
Spencer, IA
 139 nm
McCandless Avionics, LC
Waverly, IA
 144 nm
Chapin Aircraft Repair
Rock Rapids, IA
 155 nm
Satnan Avionics
Sioux Falls, SD
 170 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.