Grissom Arb Airport
GUS · KGUS · Peru, Indiana · Miami County · map
Grissom Arb Airport is a public-use airport owned by Usaf-Reserve, 5 miles south of Peru, Indiana, 811 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 12,501 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas).
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What is the airport code for Grissom Arb Airport?
Its FAA code is GUS, and its ICAO code is KGUS.
Where is Grissom Arb Airport?
It is 5 miles south of Peru, Indiana, 811 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Grissom Arb Airport?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 12,501 feet long, asphalt.
Does Grissom Arb Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Grissom Arb Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100 octane avgas.
Where can you fly nonstop from Grissom Arb Airport?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Wilmington Air Park. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grissom Arb Airport?
7 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Grissom Arb Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GUS · ICAO KGUS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf-Reserve
- Elevation
- 811 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with radar approach control · 1230-0400z++, closed fed holidays.
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100 octane avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 12,501 × 200 ft | Asphalt | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
- Runway 23: localizer and glideslope, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1)
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 132.55 | Grissom |
| Clearance delivery | 120.0 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 128.425 | Grissom |
| Tower | 133.7 | Grissom |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (HIBAT) East | 121.05 | Grissom |
| Approach and departure West | 123.85 | Grissom |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 135.25 | Grissom |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Kokomo Municipal (8 nm southeast), Peru Municipal (8 nm north), Logansport/Cass County (11 nm west), Wabash Municipal (17 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
- Jasu; A/M32A-86, MD-3, AM32-95 and MA-1A.
- First 1000 feet concrete; rmng asphalt.
- 50 feet non WT brg shoulder EA side.
- Bird watch condition: mnt ATIS; phase I NOV-APR and jun light; phase II may, JUL-OCT hvy.
- Ctn: uncontrolled vehicle on movement areas.
- Service light - floods.
- Fluid: SP presair lhox.
- Oil: O-133-148-156 joap.
- Transient alert: available durg operations hours; no priority basis; service available prior arng; fleet service NA.
- Misc: weather service available durg operations hour - D388-2203/2204; C765-688-2203/2204.
- Ctn: durg rain exp standing water on runway.
- General aviation prac approach NA, alfd is offl bus only dur hotpit refueling.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 1 departures from GUS in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers, to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grissom Arb → Wilmington Air Park GUS–ILN | 1 | 0 | Air Transport International |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Peru from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Peru, Indiana: 11 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Indiana.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Repair stations in Peru:
- Dean Baldwin Painting LP Dean Baldwin Painting provides aircraft painting and refinishing services for commercial, regional, military, and corporate aircraft.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
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: 10 aviation medical examiners, 4 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 (37 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 (37 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 (39 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 (40 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 (40 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 (41 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 (42 nm) · (765) 744-2844 · [email protected]
All 46 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
- Aircraft registered in Peru 20 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes
- American Huey 369 INC 6 aircraft in town
- Dean Baldwin Painting LP · repair station
- Wilmington Air Park (ILN) 1 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International
- Accidents and incidents in Indiana 1,363 since 1982 · 176 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 5,695 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GUS.json.
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 27, 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.