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 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
MVFR flyable but watch the ceiling and visibility
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 13 knots
- Visibility 5 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 8,000 feet
- Weather: haze
- Temperature 89°F (32°C), dew point 70°F (21°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 062235Z AUTO 04013KT 5SM HZ BKN080 32/21 A2985 RMK AO2 T03170211 $
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additives
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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
Takeoffs and landings a year about 8,700, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.