Porterville Municipal
PTV · KPTV · Porterville, California · Tulare County · map
Porterville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Porterville, 3 miles southwest of Porterville, California, 443 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,960 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 36 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,550 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Porterville Municipal?
Its FAA code is PTV, and its ICAO code is KPTV.
Where is Porterville Municipal?
It is 3 miles southwest of Porterville, California, 443 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Porterville Municipal?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 5,960 feet long, asphalt.
Does Porterville Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Porterville Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Porterville Municipal?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Visalia Municipal. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Porterville Municipal?
3 pilot examiners and 3 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 Porterville Municipal…
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 PTV · ICAO KPTV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Porterville
- Elevation
- 443 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; November to April, every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 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
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1942
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,960 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the right, road 15 ft high 480 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the right, road 15 ft high 520 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.075 | |
| Bakersfield and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.1 | |
| Ptv and aWOS-3PT | 134.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 559-784-3874.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Mefford Field (15 nm northwest), Visalia Municipal (24 nm northwest), Shafter-Minter Field (32 nm south).
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 California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- High-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset low intst DUSK-2300; after 2300 activate - the common traffic frequency. Activate VASI runway 12 - the common traffic frequency, VASI runway 30 oper continuously.
- Self service fuel available 24 hours with credit card.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 3 departures from PTV in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers, to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porterville Municipal → Visalia Municipal PTV–VIS | 3 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation |
All 1 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 31 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| helicopters | 4 |
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 43,550, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,000 |
| general aviation, travelling | 27,500 |
| general aviation, local | 15,000 |
| military | 50 |
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 Porterville from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Porterville, California: 21 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Donna Marie Webster private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Bakersfield Flying Club · Bakersfield, CA (36 nm) · (661) 599-3050 · [email protected]
- Todd Hunter Schultz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Epic Jet Center · Bakersfield, CA (36 nm) · (661) 609-4031 · [email protected]
- Daniel Robert Gudgel private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Gudgel Aviation Base · Lemoore, CA (40 nm) · (559) 696-9697 · [email protected]
All 9 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 23 since 1982, 4 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 Porterville 28 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 23 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Visalia Municipal (VIS) 3 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PTV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.