Garner Field
IATA: UVA – ICAO: KUVA – FAA: UVA
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Uvalde
Serves		Uvalde, Texas
Elevation AMSL		942 ft / 287 m
Coordinates		29°12′41″N 099°44′37″W / 29.21139°N 99.74361°W / 29.21139; -99.74361
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
15/33	5,255	1,602	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			12,565
Based aircraft			48
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Garner Field (IATA: UVA, ICAO: KUVA, FAA LID: UVA) is a city-owned public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Uvalde, a city in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.^[1] The facility is named for John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Garner Field covers an area of 356 acres (144 ha) at an elevation of 942 feet (287 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a 5,255 by 100 ft (1,602 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending April 7, 2005, the airport had 12,565 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 2% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 8% multi-engine, 13% jet, 8% helicopter and 8% glider.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c} FAA Airport Master Record for UVA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-07-31.

[edit] External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for UVA, effective 19 Nov 2009
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KUVA
  • ASN accident history for UVA
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KUVA

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