Castroville Municipal
CVB · KCVB · Castroville, Texas · Medina County · map
Castroville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Castroville, 2 miles southeast of Castroville, Texas, 774 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KCVB · observed 3:55 pm CDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCVB 062055Z AUTO 08008KT 10SM CLR 33/15 A2993 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CVB · ICAO KCVB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Castroville
- Elevation
- 774 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1951
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.05 | |
| Cvb and aWOS-3PT | 119.25 | |
| Dnkin Rnav Star · Poppo Rnav Star | 125.1 | · Saturday request baz ATIS, 119.325, added to this star. |
| Crvza Rnav Star | 125.7 | |
| Qervo Rnav Star | 127.1 | · Saturday request baz ATIS, 119.325, added to this star. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 830-931-0232.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Castroville from the FAA register
21 aircraft are registered to owners in Castroville, Texas: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins. 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 · 5 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pre dates the act.
- Sunset to sunrise medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 preset low intst; to incr intst activate - the common traffic frequency.
- Community dev. Dir/amgr.
- Paja below 10000 feet above sea level FRI-SUN 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
- Fuel available 24 hours self service. Jet a full serv durg atnd hours.
- Pavement strength increase request based on ksa engineering report
- Pavement strength increase request based on ksa engineering report
- Pavement strength increase request based on ksa engineering report
- Bright lights at ball park from APR-JULY.
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.