Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County
PTB · KPTB · Petersburg, Virginia · Dinwiddie County · map
Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County is a public-use airport, 5 miles southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, 193 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 52 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 32,623 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
Its FAA code is PTB, and its ICAO code is KPTB.
Where is Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
It is 5 miles southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, 193 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Air Tech Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County?
4 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tri Cities Exec/Dinwiddie County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PTB · ICAO KPTB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 193 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to March, Monday to Sunday, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm; ARP to SEPT, Monday to Sunday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1976
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 55 ft high 1,277 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.75 | |
| Ptb and aWOS-3 | 133.325 | |
| Apt Remark 100 With Gco Freq | 135.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 804-861-5551.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Richmond Exec/Chesterfield County (13 nm north), Richmond International (21 nm northeast), Allan C Perkinson/Blackstone Army Airfield (22 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Prior to 1959.
- Concrete pads on main apron available for helicopter parking. Contact UNICOM for terminal helicopter parking.
- Activate odals runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23; PAPI runways 05 and 23; and medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Self service fueling available after hours.
- Helicopters approach parl to runway 05/23 and transition perpendicular to runway 05/23 to helipads on northeast corner of apron.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 43 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 32,623, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,572 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,964 |
| general aviation, local | 5,089 |
| military | 9,998 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Petersburg from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Petersburg, Virginia: 20 turboprops, 8 business jets, 4 piston twins, 4 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Air Tech Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Chesterfield, 15 miles away
Repair stations in Petersburg:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 10 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.
- Andrew Walton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Petersburg, VA (0 nm) · (434) 307-7393 · [email protected]
- Christopher Bryan Smith private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Richmond Executive Airport -KFCI · Chesterfield, VA (13 nm) · (804) 304-7369 · [email protected]
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Amelia Court House, VA (24 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · [email protected]
- Steven Arthur Martin private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Newport News International Airport · Newport News, VA (49 nm) · (757) 717-7274 · [email protected]
All 17 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Petersburg 36 aircraft · 20 turboprops, 8 business jets, 4 piston twins
- Central Virginia Aviation INC 33 aircraft in town
- Air Tech Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Shields Aviation LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,973 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PTB.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.