Crystal Airport Map Print (MIC)

- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Minneapolis's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Crystal Airport (MIC), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
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Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Minneapolis's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Crystal
Field elevation 869 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Crystal Airport Runway Diagram Print
Crystal (MIC) is a three runway field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the print is built around the point where two of those runways cross. Runway 14/32 is the long one, 3,751 feet by 75 feet of asphalt, running corner to corner from upper left to lower right. Runway 06L/24R cuts the other way at 2,500 feet by 75 feet. On the wall they read as a bold X, held slightly above center, with the end designators set in small type right at the pavement edges.
The third runway is the one that gives the composition its texture. Runway 06R/24L is turf, 1,669 feet long and 137 feet wide, which makes it the shortest and by far the widest strip on the field. It sits below 06L/24R on a parallel line and is rendered as a pale stippled band rather than solid ink, so the eye reads surface type before it reads any label. The long 14/32 runway passes straight through it, which is why the lower half of the drawing feels busier than the top.
Everything else is pale: taxiway loops wrapping the field, and long ranks of small buildings along the left, lower left and right edges that frame the runways without competing with them. Elevation is 869 feet, the coordinates and magnetic variation (2E) come from the same published airport information the layout is plotted from, and the identifier sits large in the lower corner. It hangs well on its own or beside another Minnesota field, such as the downtown airport in St Paul, in whichever colorway you choose.
Minneapolis (MIC) print, common questions
How many runways does Crystal (MIC) have?
Three. Runway 14/32 is 3,751 feet by 75 feet of asphalt, runway 06L/24R is 2,500 feet by 75 feet of asphalt, and runway 06R/24L is a turf strip 1,669 feet long and 137 feet wide. All three appear in the print.
What is the longest runway at Crystal?
Runway 14/32, at 3,751 feet long and 75 feet wide. It is the diagonal that runs from the upper left of the drawing to the lower right and crosses both of the other runways.
Where is MIC and how high is the field?
MIC is the identifier for Crystal, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at 45.0625 degrees north and 93.3540 degrees west. Field elevation is 869 feet, printed under the city line in the corner block.
How accurate is the layout?
The runways, taxiways and buildings are plotted from published airport information, including runway designators, lengths and surface types. This is artwork for a wall, not a navigation document, so fine details may be simplified or omitted. Markings, lighting and signage are examples of what gets left out.
What formats and sizes can I get?
The MIC artwork comes as a Fine Art Print, a Framed Fine Art Print, a Glossy Metal Print or a Digital Download, in a range of sizes. Physical pieces are made to order; the digital option is a file you download. Larger sizes hold the turf strip stippling and the small runway end numbers most clearly.
Does this work as a gift?
Yes, especially for someone who learned to fly, keeps an aircraft or lives near the field in Minneapolis. The crossed runways read as a graphic first, so it works for people who like the shape even before they recognise the airport.
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