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KUVA Garner Field Airport
Uvalde, Texas, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: UVA
Lat/Long: 29-12-40.8000N / 099-44-36.9000W
29-12.680000N / 099-44.615000W
29.2113333 / -99.7435833
(estimated)
Elevation: 942 ft. / 287.1 m (surveyed)
Variation: 07E (2000)
From city: 3 miles E of UVALDE, TX
Time zone: UTC -6 (UTC -5 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 78801

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 01/1942
Sectional chart: SAN ANTONIO
Control tower: no
ARTCC: HOUSTON CENTER
FSS: SAN ANGELO FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: UVA (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0700-1900
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 15/33 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 124.175 (830-278-8862)
  • APCH/DEP SERVICE PROVIDED BY HOUSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 134.95/269.4 (UVALDE RCAG.)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HDOr246/30.7HONDO VOR/DME109.4008E

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
UVALDE328/2.228107EUVA ..- ...- .-
CHAPARROSA RANCH027/22.738510ECPZ -.-. .--. --..
HONDO244/31.432908EHMA .... -- .-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: HIGH/LOW
Bulk oxygen: HIGH/LOW

Runway Information

Runway 15/33

Dimensions: 5256 x 100 ft. / 1602 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 30.0
Double wheel: 40.0
Double tandem: 40.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 15  RUNWAY 33
Latitude: 29-13.073148N29-12.287382N
Longitude: 099-44.824365W099-44.406052W
Elevation: 941.7 ft.924.8 ft.
Gradient: 0.3%0.3%
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 148 magnetic, 155 true328 magnetic, 335 true
Markings: nonprecision, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 45 ft. trees, 700 ft. from runway, 260 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clearnone

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: CITY OF UVALDE
PO BOX 799
UVALDE, TX 78801
Phone 830-278-3315
Manager: MARK HUFFSTUTLER
122 HOWARD LANGFORD DR.
UVALDE, TX 78801
Phone 830-278-4481

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 36
Single engine airplanes: 25
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Jet airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 3
Gliders airplanes: 4
    
Aircraft operations: avg 34/day *
64% local general aviation
32% transient general aviation
2% military
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 28 July 2008

Additional Remarks

TURF STRIP 3300' X 75' PARALLEL TO & EAST OF RWY 15/33 USED BY CROP DUSTERS ONLY.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 33   download (219KB)
NDB RWY 33   download (251KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHDO - Hondo Municipal Airport (31 nm E)
T30 - Mc Kinley Field Airport (41 nm SE)
KCZT - Dimmit County Airport (42 nm S)
23R - Devine Municipal Airport (42 nm E)
5T9 - Maverick County Memorial International Airport (46 nm SW)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 23-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-6)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4512:45
Sunrise07:1013:10
Sunset17:4123:41
Evening civil twilight18:0600:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  23-Nov-2009 15:59:56
Local (UTC-6)  23-Nov-2009 09:59:56
 
METAR
KUVA 231548Z AUTO 07004KT 1SM BR OVC004 14/14 A3006 RMK AO2 T01430143
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Uvalde Flight Center 830-279-0877
888-835-9377
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Pilot school (FAR Part 141), Flight training, Aircraft rental, ...
 
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Texaco
100LL Jet A
FS $4.49 $4.25 
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BEST WESTERN CONTINENTAL INN 1.9 67-88
QUALITY INN 1.6 80-95
 

Other hotels near Garner Field Airport

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HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES UVALDE 1.4 91-130

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