Provo Municipal
PVU · KPVU · Provo, Utah · Utah County · map
Provo Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Provo, 2 miles southwest of Provo, Utah, 4,497 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 8,603 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100 octane avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPVU · observed 3:56 pm MDT (21:56 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 10,000 feet, a broken layer at 20,000 feet
- Temperature 76°F (24°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.17 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:28 am MDT (17:28 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 8,000 feet, scattered clouds at 15,000 feet VFR
- 30% chance between Tue 4:00 pm MDT (22:00 UTC) and 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind variable at 15 knots, gusting to 25, light rain showers, a broken layer at 8,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPVU 062156Z 00000KT 10SM SCT100 BKN200 24/05 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP172 T02440050
TAF KPVU 061728Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SCT080 SCT150 PROB30 0622/0702 VRB15G25KT -SHRA BKN080
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 PVU · ICAO KPVU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Provo
- Elevation
- 4,497 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- November to May, every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm; June to October, every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100 octane avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Salt Lake City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 8,603 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 6,628 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.3 | Provo |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pvu and aWOS-3PT | 135.175 | Provo |
| Ground | 119.4 | Provo |
| Approach and departure | 118.85 | Provo |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 801-373-9782.
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Aircraft registered in Provo from the FAA register
145 aircraft are registered to owners in Provo, Utah: 78 turboprops, 49 piston singles, 5 helicopters, 5 balloons, 4 business jets. 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 Utah.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 35 since 1982, 9 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
- Be alert; helicopters arriving and departing from runways and taxiways.
- 24 hours.
- +15' trees 70' left of runway centerline extndd.
- Extnsv flight training in the vicinity of airport.
- Use caution for extensive paragliding operations in the vicinity of point of the mountain.
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.