Calhoun County Airport (Texas) Explained

Calhoun County Airport
Icao:KPKV
Faa:PKV
Pushpin Map:Texas
Pushpin Label:PKV
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Type:Public
Owner:County of Calhoun
City-Served:Port Lavaca, Texas
Elevation-F:32
Elevation-M:10
Coordinates:28.6542°N -96.6814°W
R1-Number:14/32
R1-Length-F:5,004
R1-Length-M:1,525
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:5/23
R2-Length-F:2,432
R2-Length-M:741
R2-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:8,700
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:27
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Calhoun County Airport 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.

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 200acres 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). 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

References

  1. , effective 2024-1-25
  2. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KPKV Great Circle Mapper: KPKV - Port Lavaca, Texas (Calhoun County Airport)
  3. https://gatewayflightcenterllc.com/
  4. https://www.gcr1.com/5010ReportRouter/PKV.pdf