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Dinwiddie County Airport

37.18380°N
-77.50740°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 61.0%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 62.2%

Dinwiddie County Airport (KPTB/PTB) is a small general aviation airport located in Petersburg, VA, 26 mi south of Richmond. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,001 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPTB 281135Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT080 15/13 A2991 RMK AO2 T01470125

Runways

2 installed

5,001 FT MAX
05/23
5,001 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
14/32
3,061 ft × 50
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

14
40% of ops
59 land · 2 TO
23
38% of ops
56 land · 8 TO
05
11% of ops
16 land · 19 TO
32
11% of ops
16 land · 16 TO
Runway 14 carries 40% of operations (59 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 38%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

14 59 landings
UA 3%
23 56 landings
UA 2%
05 16 landings
UA 0%
32 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 59 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
8.1
flights/day · 242 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 8.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (7.1 vs 8.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

40 · 20%
38 · 19%
32 · 16%
26 · 13%
11 · 6%
10 · 5%
Activity is led by (20% of 200 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 126.750 —
APCH 307.200 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 133.325 —
OTHER 135.075 —
APT REMA 135.075 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Komatoast
12/28/2009
Low Fuel Prices
If traveling from New England to Florida... recommend you stop here if you need fuel. One of the most competitive fuel prices I found -- and immediate service.
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