# Porterville Municipal Airport (PTV / KPTV)

**Porterville Municipal Airport** (IATA: PTV, ICAO: KPTV) is a small airport in Porterville, California, United States. It opened in Sep 1942. It has one runway, 5,960 ft (1,817 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kptv

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PTV / KPTV
- FAA: PTV
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Porterville, California, United States
- Opened: Sep 1942
- Elevation: 443 ft / 135 m
- Coordinates: 36.0296, -119.0630
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,960 ft / 1,817 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.ci.porterville.ca.us/depts/PortervilleAirport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porterville_Municipal_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7231705
- Weather station: KPTV
- Ident: KPTV

## Timeline

- Sep 1942: Porterville Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 5,960 ft / 1,817 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [MMH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmmh.md) Mammoth Yosemite Airport · United States · 111 mi / 179 km · WestAir
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 219 mi / 352 km · WestAir
- [RNO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krno.md) Reno Tahoe International Airport · United States · 243 mi / 391 km · WestAir

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from PTV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [WestAir](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/westair) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,960 ft / 1,817 m | =4,765 of 29,858 | #1,418 in North America | #1,113 in US |
| Elevation | 443 ft / 135 m | #28,197 of 43,403 | #13,369 in North America | #11,210 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | BAKERSFIELD APP/DEP | 120.500 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 134.625 |
| RDO | RANCHO RDO | 109.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [1Q1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1q1.md) Kingtech Field · 9.2 mi / 15 km
- [P27](https://dromopedia.com/airports/p27.md) Pixley Airport · 15 mi / 23 km
- [CN63](https://dromopedia.com/airports/o63.md) Exeter Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [CA44](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca44.md) Sequoia Ranch Airport · 17 mi / 27 km
- [TLR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktlr.md) Mefford Field · 17 mi / 28 km
- [US-1555](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1555.md) Quick Silver Ranch Airport · 20 mi / 33 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Porterville Municipal Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porterville_Municipal_Airport&oldid=1372700558), revision of 1 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kptv/data