Kerrville Municipal Airport

Coordinates: 29°58′36″N 99°05′08″W / 29.97667°N 99.08556°W / 29.97667; -99.08556
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Kerrville Municipal Airport

Louis Schreiner Field
AMSL
1,617 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

  • On February 1, 1959, a General Airways Douglas DC-3 crashed 11km (6.9mi) SE of Kerville Airport because of ice accretion on the aircraft flying into icy conditions. The aircraft impacted trees and caught fire. Two crew and one passenger out of the 28 on board were killed.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^
    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. OCLC 71006954, 29991467
  5. OCLC 57007862, 1050653629
  6. ISBN 1-57510-051-7
  7. Aviation Safety Network
    . Retrieved on September 13, 2023.

External links


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