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).
Weather right now KPTV · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 92°F (33°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPTV 061856Z AUTO 27005KT 10SM CLR 33/13 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP130 T03330128 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1942
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.