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5I6 Galveston Airport
Galveston, Indiana, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 31 JULY 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: 5I6
Lat/Long: 40-35-03.1380N / 086-15-24.9850W
40-35.052300N / 086-15.416417W
40.5842050 / -86.2569403
(estimated)
Elevation: 786 ft. / 240 m (estimated)
Variation: 02W (1985)
From city: 3 miles NW of GALVESTON, IN
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 46932

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 10/1944
Sectional chart: CHICAGO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: CHICAGO CENTER
FSS: TERRE HAUTE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: HUF (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: yes
BLACK & YELLOW GND LEVEL SEGMENTED CIRCLE.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3 at OKK (10 nm E): 113.5 (765-452-3014)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
GUSr235/6.0GRISSOM VORTAC108.4502W
OKKr290/9.7KOKOMO VORTAC113.5000E
MZZr285/26.9MARION VOR/DME108.6003W
BVTr086/37.1BOILER VORTAC115.1001E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
LOGANSPORT146/9.226301WGGP --. --. .--.
FRANKFORT039/23.427802WFKR ..-. -.- .-.
WABASH246/23.532903WIWH .. .-- ....
WHITE COUNTY111/24.237703WMCX -- -.-. -..-
ROCHESTER189/29.021603WRCR .-. -.-. .-.
ZIONSVILLE002/38.724803WHZP .... --.. .--.
HUNTINGTON249/39.641703WHHG .... .... --.
METROPOLITAN349/39.933803WUMP ..- -- .--.

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimensions: 2720 x 75 ft. / 829 x 23 m
Surface: turf, in good condition
Runway edge markings: RY 18/36 EDGES & DSPLCD THLDS MKD WITH YELLOW & BLACK ALUMINUM STRIPS.
RUNWAY 18  RUNWAY 36
Latitude: 40-35.443333N40-35.048000N
Longitude: 086-15.416333W086-15.416333W
Elevation: 770.0 ft.780.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Displaced threshold: 200 ft.200 ft.
Obstructions: 10 ft. crops, 8 ft. from runway
APCH RATIO 25:1 TO DSPLCD THLD; 26 FT PLINE 650 FT FM THLD.
10 ft. crops
APCH RATIO 20:1 TO DSPLCD THLD; 10 FT CROPS 200 FT FM THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: GALVESTON BOAC
P O BOX 597
GALVESTON, IN 46932
Phone 574-699-6664
Manager: BILL YOUNG & JOHN ROBERSON
P O BOX 597
GALVESTON, IN 46932
Phone 574-699-6440

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft operations: 25/year *
100% transient general aviation
* for 12-month period ending 31 December 2004

Additional Remarks

INGRESS/EGRESS MUST BE COORDINATED WITH GRISSOM AFB APCH CTL & ATCT ON FREQ 133.7.
CROPS 100 FT E & W OF CL ENTIRE LENGTH RY 18/36.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 5I6.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KGUS - Grissom Air Reserve Base (6 nm NE)
KGGP - Logansport/Cass County Airport (9 nm NW)
KOKK - Kokomo Municipal Airport (10 nm E)
I76 - Peru Municipal Airport (13 nm NE)
KFKR - Frankfort Municipal Airport (23 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 06-Sep-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5110:51
Sunrise07:1911:19
Sunset20:0700:07
Evening civil twilight20:3500:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  06-Sep-2008 19:54:46
Local (UTC-4)  06-Sep-2008 15:54:46
 
METAR
KGUS 
6nm NE 
061855Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 24/12 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02350117 PNO $
KOKK 
10nm E 
061935Z AUTO 30006KT 270V330 10SM CLR 25/12 A3000 RMK AO1
TAF
KGUS 
6nm NE 
061111 34009KT 9999 SCT030 QNH2993INS BECMG 0506 10009KT 9999 SCT030 QNH3000INS T25/21Z T12/10Z
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8 in Kokomo
2 in Logansport
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