Hale County
PVW · KPVW · Plainview, Texas · Hale County · map
Hale County is a public-use airport owned by the City of Plainview & Hale CO., 1 mile south of Plainview, Texas, 3,374 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,997 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KPVW · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,500 feet
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 5:00 am CDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the west at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPVW 062155Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM FEW055 27/12 A3006 RMK AO2
TAF KPVW 061720Z 0618/0718 22008KT P6SM SKC FM071000 26006KT P6SM SKC
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 PVW · ICAO KPVW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Plainview & Hale CO.
- Elevation
- 3,374 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Dallas-Ft Worth sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1945
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,997 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: VASI, four boxes on the left, pole 44 ft high 2,073 ft from the end
- Runway 22: VASI, four boxes on the left, building 190 ft high 6,200 ft from the end
- Runway 13: power line 40 ft high 1,120 ft from the end
- Runway 31: road 15 ft high 585 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.4 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 119.9 | |
| Pvw and aWOS-3PT | 119.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 806-291-8679.
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 Plainview from the FAA register
34 aircraft are registered to owners in Plainview, Texas: 24 piston singles, 3 drones, 2 piston twins, 2 gliders, 2 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 Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 2 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
- No line of sight to runway 13/31 from runway end 22.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 4/22, runway 13/31 sunset to sunrise, preset low intst. To incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 4; VASI runway 22 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 4 operates continuously.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas.
- Unusable beyond 7 degrees left of runway centerline.
- Grain elevator
- Transverse and longl cracks up to 4 in width, full length.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.