Kerrville Municipal Airport

Kerrville Municipal Airport
Louis Schreiner Field

IATA: ERV – ICAO: KERV – FAA LID: ERV
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Kerrville
Serves Kerrville, Texas
Elevation AMSL 1,617 ft / 493 m
Coordinates 29°58′36″N 099°05′08″W / 29.97667°N 99.08556°W / 29.97667; -99.08556Coordinates: 29°58′36″N 099°05′08″W / 29.97667°N 99.08556°W / 29.97667; -99.08556
Website www.KerrvilleAirport.com
Map
ERV

Location in Texas

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,592 1,095 Asphalt
12/30 6,000 1,829 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 59,800
Based aircraft 149

Kerrville Municipal Airport (IATA: ERV, ICAO: KERV, FAA LID: ERV) (Louis Schreiner Field) is six miles southeast of Kerrville, in Kerr County, Texas.[1] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

History

The airport opened in February 1943 as Louis Schreiner Field and was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a training base. At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Trans-Texas DC-3s stopped there until 1959-60.

Facilities

Kerrville Municipal Airport covers 528 acres (214 ha) at an elevation of 1,617 feet (493 m). It has two asphalt runways: 12/30 is 6,000 by 100 feet (1,829 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,592 by 60 feet (1,095 x 18 m).[1]

In the year ending August 5, 2011 the airport had 59,800 general aviation operations, average 163 per day. 149 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 3% jet, 5% helicopter, and 1% glider.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for ERV (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑  This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency website http://www.afhra.af.mil/.
  4. ↑ Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
  5. ↑ Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC
  6. ↑ Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1-57510-051-7

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