Marksville Municipal
MKV · KMKV · Marksville, Louisiana · Avoyelles County · map
Marksville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Avoyelles Parish Airport Authority, 1 mile south of Marksville, Louisiana, 78 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,799 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KMKV · observed 3:15 pm CDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (060°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 91°F (33°C), dew point 68°F (20°C)
- Altimeter 29.89 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 KMKV 062015Z AUTO 06008KT 10SM SCT050 33/20 A2989 RMK AO2 T03270198
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 MKV · ICAO KMKV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Avoyelles Parish Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 78 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 2:00 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
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 2E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1950
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,799 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 23 ft high 671 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.4 | |
| Mkv and aWOS-3PT | 124.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 318-409-4120.
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 Marksville from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Marksville, Louisiana: 10 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 helicopter. 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 Louisiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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.
- Northeast apn pavement failed.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 4 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset low intst; to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24/7 with CC.
- Aerial spraying in the vicinity of airport.
- Northeast apn hldg psn non-standard.
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.