Calhoun County Airport (Texas)

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Calhoun County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KPKV – FAA: PKV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		County of Calhoun
Serves		Port Lavaca, Texas
Elevation AMSL		30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates		28°39′15″N 096°40′53″W / 28.65417, -96.68139
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
14/32	5,004	1,525	Asphalt
5/23	2,700	823	Turf
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			6,600
Based aircraft			18
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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]

[edit] 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]

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]