Calhoun County Airport (Texas)
Calhoun County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | County of Calhoun | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Port Lavaca, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 32 ft / 10 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°39′15″N 096°40′53″W / 28.65417°N 96.68139°W | ||||||||||||||
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Calhoun County Airport (ICAO: KPKV, FAA LID: PKV) is a county-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Port Lavaca, a city in Calhoun County, Texas, United States.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Calhoun County Airport is assigned PKV by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Calhoun County Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which contains two runways: 14/32 with an asphalt pavement measuring 5,004 x 75 ft (1,525 x 23 m) and 5/23 with a turf surface measuring 2,432 x 60 ft (741 x 18 m).[1] The airport has two concrete helipads, twenty-four-hour self-service fuel tanks with AvGas and JetA.
The only fixed-base operator at the airport is Gateway Flight Center. Flight instruction is available on the field from Gateway Flight Center, as well as full service fueling and aircraft maintenance.[3]
For the 12-month period ending April 17th, 2023, the airport had 8,700 aircraft operations, an average of 23 per day: 83% general aviation and 17% military. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 7% jets, and 4% helicopter.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]- FAA Terminal Procedures for PKV, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PKV
- AirNav airport information for KPKV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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