METAR & TAF 5I6
5I6 does not publish a METAR.
Showing the nearest reporting station: KGUS (GRISSOM ARB) · 6.1 NM away. Conditions at 5I6 may differ.
METAR · KGUS
Observed 01:18Z
KGUS 280118Z VRB04G20KT 4SM TSRA OVC080 18/14 A2971 RMK AO2A SLP062 $
- Wind
- VAR @ 4G20 kt
- Visibility
- 4 SM
- Temp / Dew
- 18°C / 14°C
- Altimeter
- 29.71 inHg
- Clouds
- OVC
- Density alt
- 1,595 ft
- Ceiling
- 8,000 ft AGL
- Rules
- MVFR
Airport info & contacts
Manager on record, flight service, ARTCC, attendance schedule and pattern altitude — published by the FAA and refreshed every 28 days.
Location
- From city
- 3 NM NW
- VFR sectional
- CHICAGO
- ARTCC
- ZAU · CHICAGO
- NOTAM facility
- HUF (NOTAM-D)
Airport manager
- Name
- JOHN ROBERSON
- Phone
- (765) 863-5759
- Address
- P O BOX 597, GALVESTON IN 46932
Flight service · Hours
- FSS HUF
- TERRE HAUTE1-800-WX-BRIEF
- Attendance
- Unattended
Frequencies
Tap any row to copy the frequency to your clipboard.
Runways & pattern
Full pagePattern entry · RWY 36
LEFT TRAFFICRunway end performance
| End | TORA | TODA | ASDA | LDA | VGSI | Approach lights | Obstruction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10', crops, 0' from thr, 0' R of cntrln, slope 0 |
| 36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10', crops, 0' from thr, 0' R of cntrln, slope 0 |
Declared distances in feet. TORA = takeoff run available, TODA = takeoff distance, ASDA = accelerate-stop, LDA = landing distance.
Airport sketch
Runways drawn to scale from FAA survey coordinates, rendered over live satellite imagery. Not for navigation.
Approaches & charts
Services on the field
Fuel grades, oxygen, maintenance, ramp storage and lighting — as declared to the FAA by the airport operator.
Fuel & services
- Fuel
- Not available
- Oxygen (bottled)
- Not available
- Oxygen (bulk)
- Not available
- Airframe repair
- Not available
- Power plant repair
- Not available
- Other services
- AGRI
Ramp & ground
- Transient storage
- Not published
- Landing fee
- No fee published
- Customs
- Not available
- Wind indicator
- Yes
- Segmented circle
- Yes
Fuel & FBOs
Cheapest 100LL and Jet A on the field and nearby. Always confirm with the FBO before taxi.
Airport notes
Surface conditions, obstructions, local procedures, lighting outages and other notes published with each FAA cycle.
General notes
- Runway 18/36 edges and thresholds are marked with yellow and black aluminum strips.Show FAA
- For clearance delivery, contact Chicago ARTCC at 630-906-8921.Show FAA
- Ingress and egress must be coordinated with Grissom Air Force Base Approach Control on frequency 121.05 and the tower on frequency 133.7.Show FAA
- There are crops 100 feet east and west of the centerline for the entire length of runway 18/36.Show FAA
- Taxi between orange cones to access the aircraft parking area.Show FAA
Approach & departure obstructions
- 18The approach ratio is 27 to 1 to the runway centerline 710 feet from the threshold of runway 18.Show FAA
Other notes
- The airport existed prior to 1959.Show FAA
- There is a black and yellow ground level segmented circle.Show FAA
VFR map & nearby airports
VFR sectional. Tap any ICAO chip to open that airport.
Key facts · 5I6
Answer card- ICAO
- 5I6
- Name
- GALVESTON
- Location
- GALVESTON, INDIANA
- Elevation
- 786 ft MSL
- Traffic pattern altitude
- 1,786 ft MSL (1,000 AGL)
- Control tower
- Non-towered (use CTAF)
- Total runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 18/36 · 2,720 ft
- Published ILS approaches
- 0
- Published frequencies
- 1
- Magnetic variation
- 2°
- Current flight rules
- MVFR
- Current wind
- 000° at 4 kt
- Favored runway now
- RWY 36
Galveston Airport (5I6) is in Galveston, Indiana. The field elevation is 786 ft MSL. It has one runway. Runway 18/36 is 2,720 ft long and turf. The airport is non-towered. CTAF is 122.9.
No ILS approaches are published here. The pattern altitude is not published in the facts. Use the standard 1,000 ft AGL for light piston operations unless the current Chart Supplement says otherwise. Published remarks show yellow and black aluminum strips marking the runway edges and thresholds. Taxi to the parking area is between orange cones. There is also a black and yellow segmented circle on the field.
This is a field where the published remarks matter. Crops sit 100 feet east and west of the runway centerline for the full length of 18/36. There is also a published obstruction note for the 18 approach. Ingress and egress must be coordinated with Grissom Air Force Base Approach Control on 121.05 and the tower on 133.7. For clearance delivery, contact Chicago ARTCC at 630-906-8921. No on-field FBOs are listed, so call the airport operator directly or check with the field on CTAF before you go.