Tanner'S Airport
9TE4 · Port Lavaca, Texas · Calhoun County · map
Tanner'S Airport is a private airport, 3 miles south of Port Lavaca, Texas, 15 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 2,300 feet of grass and gravel. It has 2 water landing areas.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9TE4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 15 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Lights
- beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1939
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08W/26W | 10,000 × 1,000 ft | Water | |
| 09/27 | 2,300 × 105 ft | Grass and gravel, good | |
| 17W/35W | 1,900 × 4,000 ft | Water | |
| 17/35 | 1,800 × 105 ft | Grass and gravel, good |
- Runway 09: road on the approach
- Runway 27: road on the approach
- Runway 35W: power line 20 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 17: road on the approach
- Runway 35: road on the approach
Aircraft registered in Port Lavaca from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Port Lavaca, Texas: 10 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Predates act.
- Chocolate bay 2500' wide at recommended landing area; do not LAND-TOUCHDOWN with 300' of shore because of shallow water or shell reets.
- Center 25 feet is shell.
- Center 25 feet is shell.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.