Claxton-Evans County
CWV · KCWV · Claxton, Georgia · Evans County · map
Claxton-Evans County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Claxton, 3 miles northeast of Claxton, Georgia, 112 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,151 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KCWV · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 2,400 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.98 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 KCWV 062055Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM OVC024 24/20 A2998 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 CWV · ICAO KCWV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Claxton
- Elevation
- 112 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:15 am to 3:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,151 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 4,651 ft available for landing, road 18 ft high 414 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 89 ft high 2,514 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cwv and aWOS-3 | 120.075 | |
| Savannah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 912-739-3768.
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 Claxton from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Claxton, Georgia: 3 piston twins, 3 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Georgia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 10 and 28; PAPI runways 10 and 28 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate after 2200 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 10 - 20:1 slp to displaced thld.
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.