Converse Airport Explained

Converse Airport
Faa:1I8
Type:Public
Owner:Converse BOAC
Location:Converse, Indiana
Elevation-F:840
Elevation-M:256
Coordinates:40.5708°N -85.8917°W
Pushpin Map:USA Indiana
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Mapsize:150
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Indiana
Pushpin Label:1I8
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:7/25
R1-Length-F:1,800
R1-Length-M:549
R1-Surface:Asphalt, Concrete

Converse Airport is a public airport 1miles west of Converse, in Miami County, Indiana. The airport was founded in October 1944 as one of 26 satellite airfields for Bunker Hill Naval Air Station. The town of Converse gained control of the field in November 1947 after the Navy abandoned the field when the war ended.

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