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Porterville Municipal Airport

36.02960°N
-119.06300°W
ARR / DAY
1
16.7%
DEP / DAY
1
42.9%

Porterville Municipal Airport (KPTV/PTV) is a small general aviation airport located in Porterville, CA, 24 mi south east of Visalia. It features 1 runway measuring 5,908 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
5 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPTV 121656Z AUTO 21005KT 10SM CLR 29/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02940117 $

Runways

1 installed

5,908 FT MAX
12/30
5,908 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

30
62% of ops
25 land · 5 TO
12
38% of ops
15 land · 28 TO
Runway 30 carries 62% of operations (25 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

30 25 landings
UA 0%
12 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 30 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 25 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
1.6
flights/day · 48 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 4pm · 10pm
Day vs night
46%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (1.0 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 47 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 119.075
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 134.625
OTHER 127.100
BAKERSFI 127.100
OTHER 317.700
BAKERSFI 317.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
15° E
Fuel:
100LL
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