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Calhoun County Airport (Texas)

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Calhoun County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Calhoun
ServesPort Lavaca, Texas
Elevation AMSL32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates28°39′15″N 096°40′53″W / 28.65417°N 96.68139°W / 28.65417; -96.68139
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PKV is located in Texas
PKV
PKV
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 5,004 1,525 Asphalt
5/23 2,432 741 Turf
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations8,700
Based aircraft27

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

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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

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