Galveston Airport
5I6 · Galveston, Indiana · Cass County · map
Galveston Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Galveston, Indiana, 786 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,720 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Galveston Airport?
Its FAA code is 5I6.
Where is Galveston Airport?
It is 3 miles northwest of Galveston, Indiana, 786 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Galveston Airport?
Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,720 feet long, grass.
Does Galveston Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Galveston Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5I6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 786 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,720 × 75 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 200 ft, crops on the approach
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 200 ft, crops on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Logansport/Cass County (9 nm northwest), Kokomo Municipal (10 nm east), Peru Municipal (13 nm northeast), Frankfort Clinton County Regional (23 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grissom Arb Airport (6 nm northeast), Logansport/Cass County (9 nm northwest), Kokomo Municipal (10 nm east), Peru Municipal (13 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Indiana · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Ingress/egress must be coordinated with grissom afb approach control on frequency 121.05 and the control tower on frequency 133.7.
- Black and yellow gnd level segmented circle.
- Approach ratio 27:1 to power line 710 feet from thld.
- Crops 100 feet east and west of CL entire length runway 18/36.
- Runway 18/36 edges and thlds marked with yellow and black aluminum strips
- Taxi btw orange cones to access aircraft parking area
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Galveston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Galveston, IN as the owner's town.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center evaluators, 20 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner.
- Brian Glenn Dillman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN (32 nm) · (765) 409-4501 · [email protected]
- Larry Wayne Gross private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN (32 nm) · (765) 476-6603 · [email protected]
- James Paulsen private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Purdue Aviation, LLC · West Lafayette, IN (34 nm) · (703) 498-7930 · [email protected]
- James Carroll Buehler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Indianapolis Executive Airport TYQ · Zionsville, IN (36 nm) · (317) 225-2757 · [email protected]
- John Henderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Jet Access - TYQ · Zionsville, IN (36 nm) · (812) 596-4627 · [email protected]
- David John Mino private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport - UMP · Fishers, IN (39 nm) · (317) 691-3872 · [email protected]
- John Denny Green private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Muncie Aviation · Muncie, IN (44 nm) · (765) 744-2844 · [email protected]
All 44 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 175 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Indiana 131 landing places
- Indiana 5,700 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5I6.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 30, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.