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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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 |
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Aircraft registered in Galveston from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Galveston, IN as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.