Garner Field
UVA · KUVA · Uvalde, Texas · Uvalde County · map
Garner Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Uvalde, 3 miles east of Uvalde, Texas, 942 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 5,256 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 45 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 12,565 takeoffs and landings a year. About 17 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KUVA · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 16 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 60°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 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 KUVA 111935Z AUTO 18016G21KT 10SM CLR 33/16 A3000 RMK AO2 T03300156 $
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.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (DRT, 63 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 160° at 21 kt; 6,000 ft: 170° at 32 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 180° at 17 kt, 13 °C; 12,000 ft: 210° at 12 kt, 7 °C; 18,000 ft: 210° at 25 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 UVA · ICAO KUVA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Uvalde
- Elevation
- 942 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,256 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 52 ft high 700 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Uva and aWOS-3PT | 124.175 | |
| Uvalde and center (remote transmitter) High | 134.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 830-278-8862.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 28 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 6 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 12,565, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 265 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,000 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
| military | 300 |
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 Uvalde from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Uvalde, Texas: 44 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 17 business jets, 4 piston twins, 3 drones. 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
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying, avionics, charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: OX Ranch Airport (25 nm northwest), Hondo Regional (31 nm east), MC Kinley Field (41 nm southeast).
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
Fuel and service companies in Uvalde, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Moses Aviation Services LLC Moses Aviation Services is a flight school and aircraft maintenance provider based in Uvalde, Texas.
- X Air Flight Support LLC
Charter operators and airlines based in Uvalde:
- Haskin Aviation LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Uvalde:
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: 1 aviation medical examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative.
All 4 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
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 · 14 since 1982, 1 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
- Grass strip 3300 feet an X 75 feet parl to and east of runway 15/33 used by crop dusters only.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Extn 101
- Self service 100LL.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Uvalde 90 aircraft · 44 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 17 business jets
- Huff Air LLC 17 aircraft in town
- Holt Helicopters INC 9 aircraft in town
- Moses Aviation Services LLC 6 aircraft in town
- Thompson Helicopters LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Moses Aviation Services LLC 6 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- X Air Flight Support LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Haskin Aviation LLC 5 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Avionics Services INC · repair station
- The Skyway Group INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 since 1982 · 1 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/UVA.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.