{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Airport","name":"Grissom Air Reserve Base","iataCode":"GUS","icaoCode":"KGUS","city":"Peru","country":"US","airportType":"medium_airport","cargoCapable":false,"cargoRank":null,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":40.648102,"longitude":-86.1521},"elevationMeters":247,"runwayLengthMeters":null,"description":"Flying gas stations are the trade here: the KC-135 tankers of the 434th Air Refueling Wing, the Air Force Reserve's largest tanker unit, operate from Grissom Air Reserve Base near Peru in northern Indiana. A former Strategic Air Command bomber base, the field is named for Gus Grissom, the second American in space and an Indiana native. There is no civilian aviation and no cargo handling; commercial air freight for the region routes through Indianapolis or Fort Wayne. A museum at the base gate pr","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/grissom-air-reserve-base-airport-gus","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/airports/en/grissom-air-reserve-base-airport-gus","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Grissom Air Reserve Base · (IATA: GUS) · Peru, US · 247 m"}