KGUS is the ICAO code for Grissom Air Reserve Base (IATA GUS), located in Peru, IN.
Grissom Air Reserve Base (KGUS) is a medium airport in Peru, IN. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KGUS or IATA code GUS. It sits in North America.
Grissom Air Reserve Base is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 12,501-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 12,501 ft (3,810 m), a ultra-long-range-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G650, Bombardier Global 7500, and Dassault Falcon 8X. In practice this transcontinental and transoceanic operations without performance penalties.
Grissom Air Reserve Base sits near sea level at 812 ft.
Local operations run on America/Indiana/Indianapolis. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 180 departing and 113 arriving private-jet legs at KGUS across the next six months of operator inventory. 3 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KGUS are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.