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Hale County Airport satellite view
📍 Plainview⬆ 3,374 ft2 runways
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Hale County Airport

34.16810°N
-101.71700°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 33.3%

Hale County Airport (KPVW/PVW) is a small general aviation airport located in Plainview, TX, 41 mi north of Lubbock. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,997 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
5 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPVW 280255Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

31
50% of ops
19 land · 2 TO
04
18% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
22
18% of ops
7 land · 6 TO
13
13% of ops
5 land · 9 TO
Runway 31 carries 50% of operations (19 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

31 19 landings
UA 0%
04 7 landings
UA 0%
22 7 landings
UA 0%
13 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 19 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
2.3
flights/day · 69 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 2.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (3.0 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (12% of 59 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.000 —
APCH 119.200 —
APCH 119.900 —
APCH 335.600 —
APCH 351.800 —
UNICOM 123.000 —
AWOS 119.675 —
OTHER 118.400 —
CD/P 118.400 —
OTHER 122.400 —
PLAINVIE 122.400 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZFW
Elevation:
3,374 ft
Mag var:
9° E
Fuel:
100LL, A1+
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