# Galveston Airport (5I6)

**Galveston Airport** (FAA: 5I6) is a small airport in Galveston, Indiana, United States. It opened in Oct 1944. It has one runway, 2,720 ft (829 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5i6

## At a glance

- FAA: 5I6
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Galveston, Indiana, United States
- Opened: Oct 1944
- Elevation: 786 ft / 240 m
- Coordinates: 40.5868, -86.2576
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,720 ft / 829 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3274384
- Weather station: KGUS
- Ident: 5I6

## Timeline

- Oct 1944: Galveston Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,720 ft / 829 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,720 ft / 829 m | =18,285 of 29,858 | =7,810 in North America | =6,629 in US |
| Elevation | 786 ft / 240 m | =21,721 of 43,403 | =10,215 in North America | =8,409 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [6II0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ii0.md) Turnpaugh Field · 4.4 mi / 7.2 km
- [53IN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/53in.md) Hartman Farms Field · 5.0 mi / 8.1 km
- [54II](https://dromopedia.com/airports/54ii.md) Caldwell Field · 6.0 mi / 9.6 km
- [GUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgus.md) Grissom Air Reserve Base · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [KGGP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kggp.md) Logansport Cass County Airport · 11 mi / 17 km
- [OKK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kokk.md) Kokomo Municipal Airport · 11 mi / 18 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5i6/data