Placerville Airport
PVF · KPVF · Placerville, California · El Dorado County · map
Placerville Airport is a public-use airport owned by El Dorado County, 3 miles east of Placerville, California, 2,586 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 3,914 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PVF · ICAO KPVF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- El Dorado County
- Elevation
- 2,586 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 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
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,914 × 76 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Concrete |
- Runway 05: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.4 | |
| Pvf and aWOS-3 | 128.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-622-5698.
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 Placerville from the FAA register
68 aircraft are registered to owners in Placerville, California: 61 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 helicopter. 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 California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 33 since 1982, 3 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 VASI runway 05; PAPI runway 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel available 24 hours by credit card.
- Full service truck TUE-SAT 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
- Prior permission required for tgl for aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Helo parking at northeast end of runway.
- Noise abatement procedure: no MID-FIELD departures; no turns west or north prior to 3400 above sea level or clear of noise sensitive area. Runway 23 after takeoff make 10 degrees left turn at eor to avoid noise sensitive residential areas.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway especially nights.
- Helipad located on north side of runway 05 end.
- Trees 750 feet north runway 5/23 2697 feet above sea level (110FT above ground level) not lighted.
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.