Calhoun County Airport (Texas)

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]

Calhoun County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Calhoun
ServesPort Lavaca, Texas
Elevation AMSL30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates28°39′15″N 096°40′53″W
Map
PKV is located in Texas
PKV
PKV
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,004 1,525 Asphalt
5/23 2,700 823 Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations6,600
Based aircraft18

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

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 2,700 x 60 ft (823 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.

For the 12-month period ending May 9, 2005, the airport had 6,600 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 77% general aviation and 23% military. At that time there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single-engine, 11% multi-engine and 6% helicopter.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for PKV PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. Great Circle Mapper: KPKV - Port Lavaca, Texas (Calhoun County Airport)


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