Platteville Municipal
PVB · KPVB · Platteville, Wisconsin · Grant County · map
Platteville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Platteville, 3 miles southeast of Platteville, Wisconsin, 1,025 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 4,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPVB · observed 2:35 pm CDT (19:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (190°) at 15 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 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 KPVB 061935Z AUTO 19015G20KT 10SM CLR 24/04 A2990 RMK AO1 T02390041
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 PVB · ICAO KPVB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Platteville
- Elevation
- 1,025 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1965
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,000 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 3,600 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, road 31 ft high 750 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Pvb and aWOS-3 | 120.575 | |
| Dubuque and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.95 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 608-348-3637.
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 Platteville from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Platteville, Wisconsin: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Wisconsin.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 07, 15, 25, and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 preset to low sunset to sunrise, to incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- 24 hour self service fuel available 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.