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]
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]