Mast 1240281 — Port Lavaca, TX

At 10 m, structure 1240281 is about 10% of the 98 m average across the 44 structures registered in Calhoun County. It is about 13% of the Texas average of 76 m across 20,684 registrations. Among the 3,482 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (MAST), the average overall height is 53 m, so this one is about 19% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 9 m, which puts the top of the structure 19 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near Port Lavaca in Calhoun County, Texas, at coordinates 28.64989, -96.67983, with the site address filed as "Calhoun County Airport". Calhoun County has 44 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 145th-largest count among the 254 Texas counties with registrations, and 31 of them are marked constructed. Texas as a whole has 20,684 registrations, the largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is Lolita, TX · 1053409, a tower at 311 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1240281 on Sep 12, 2003. Nationally, 141,895 of the 197,770 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 14,615 in Texas.

The FCC record lists Calhoun, County of of Port Lavaca, TX as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0009577404.

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 03-ASW-548-NRA and FAA Advisory Circular 70/7460-1K, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 9, is listed on the FCC registration form as "FAA Style A". The painting and lighting specification on file cites FAA chapters 3, 4, 5, 12.