Kerrville Municipal Airport

Louis Schreiner Field
USGS 2006 orthophoto
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Kerrville
ServesKerrville, Texas
Elevation AMSL1,617 ft / 493 m
Coordinates29°58′36″N 99°05′08″W / 29.97667°N 99.08556°W / 29.97667; -99.08556
Websitewww.KerrvilleAirport.com
Map
ERV is located in Texas
ERV
ERV
Location in Texas
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 3,597 1,096 Asphalt
12/30 6,004 1,830 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/2/2023)52,136
Based aircraft80

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 6,004 by 100 feet (1,830 x 30 m) and 3/21 is 3,597 by 58 feet (1,096 x 18 m).[1]

In the year ending June 2, 2023, the airport had 52,136 general aviation operations, average 143 per day. 80 aircraft were then based at the airport: 56 single-engine, 5 multi-engine, 13 jet, 5 helicopter, and 1 glider.[1]

Accidents near ERV

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for ERV PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.
  3. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency
  4. ^ Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas OCLC 71006954, 29991467
  5. ^ Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites, History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
  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
  7. ^ Accident description for N17314 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on September 13, 2023.

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