Calhoun County
PKV · KPKV · Port Lavaca, Texas · Calhoun County · map
Calhoun County is a public-use airport owned by the County of Calhoun, 3 miles northwest of Port Lavaca, Texas, 32 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additives) and about 27 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 8,700 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPKV · observed 1:35 pm CDT (18:35 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 13 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 87°F (30°C), dew point 75°F (24°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KPKV 111835Z AUTO 10013G18KT 10SM CLR 30/24 A3004 RMK AO2 T03040238 $
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
2 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- UAL2346 at 38,000 ft, 60 nm southwest, 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): light chop turbulence, wind 347° at 14 knots.
- B738 , 95 nm northwest, 12:27 pm CDT (17:27 UTC): a routine report.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PSX, 23 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 17 kt; 6,000 ft: 140° at 14 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 160° at 15 kt, 12 °C; 12,000 ft: 170° at 12 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 13 kt, -5 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PKV · ICAO KPKV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Calhoun
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives; the services card below
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,004 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 2,432 × 60 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 13 ft high 560 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 15 ft high 475 ft from the end
- Runway 05: tree 22 ft high 141 ft from the end
- Runway 23: threshold displaced 428 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Pkv and aWOS-3PT | 118.275 | |
| Victoria and center (remote transmitter) Low | 135.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 361-552-3060.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 1,800 |
| general aviation, local | 5,400 |
| military | 1,500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
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 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Texas.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Victoria Regional (17 nm northwest), Aransas County (39 nm southwest), Wharton Regional (46 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Texas · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Port Lavaca, by their names on the register:
- Gateway Flight Center LLC 3 aircraft Gateway Flight Center is a flight school and FBO at Calhoun County Airport in Port Lavaca, Texas.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 training center examiner.
All 3 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL and jet a available 24 hours self serve. Jet also available by truck.
- 22 feet trees, 0-60 feet dstc, 290 feet L.
- 22 feet trees, 0-60==135 feet dstc, 260 feet L.
- RC model aircraft operates at runway 5 end.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Port Lavaca 20 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 3 helicopters
- Gateway Flight Center LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Bee Fly Drone Services LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gateway Flight Center LLC 3 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Texas 6,235 since 1982 · 1,068 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Texas 392 landing places
- Texas 29,860 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PKV.json.
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 9, 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.