Robinson Airport
8I1 · Vevay, Indiana · Switzerland County · map
Robinson Airport is a public-use airport, 7 miles southwest of Vevay, Indiana, 484 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,670 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8I1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 484 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,670 × 50 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 09: threshold displaced 150 ft, road 10 ft high 10 ft from the end
- Runway 27: road on the approach
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Vevay from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Vevay, Indiana: 1 piston single, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Indiana.
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
- Runway 09 /27 thlds marked with wht tires; bndry marked with white tires and yellow oil jugs.
- Approach slope 20:1 at displaced thld due to 45 feet tree 780 feet from runway end
- 15 feet road 90 feet north parallels runway
- Rough and rolling grass.
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.