Kerrville Municipal Airport

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]

Kerrville Municipal Airport Louis Schreiner Field
USGS 2006 orthophoto
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 99°05′08″W
Website	www.KerrvilleAirport.com
Map
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 aircraft 80
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

• Aviation portal

• Texas World War II Army Airfields
• List of airports in Texas

References

1. 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.  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.

External links

• Kerrville/Kerr County Airport at Louis Schreiner Field
• Kerrville Aviation Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
• Kerrville Muni / Louis Schreiner Field (ERV) at Texas DOT Airport Directory
• Aerial image as of February 1995^{[permanent dead link]} from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for ERV, effective October 31, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for ERV
  • AirNav airport information for KERV
  • ASN accident history for ERV
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures