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.