# Hale County Airport (PVW / KPVW)

**Hale County Airport** (IATA: PVW, ICAO: KPVW) is a small airport in Plainview, Texas, United States. It opened in Apr 1945. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,997 ft (1,828 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PVW / KPVW
- FAA: PVW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Plainview, Texas, United States
- Opened: Apr 1945
- Elevation: 3,374 ft / 1,028 m
- Coordinates: 34.1681, -101.7170
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,997 ft / 1,828 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale_County_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10850944
- Weather station: KPVW
- Ident: KPVW

## Timeline

- Apr 1945: Hale County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 5,997 ft / 1,828 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 051° / 231° | yes |
| 13/31 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,997 ft / 1,828 m | =4,726 of 29,858 | =1,404 in North America | =1,102 in US |
| Elevation | 3,374 ft / 1,028 m | #4,590 of 43,403 | #2,382 in North America | #1,855 in US |
| Age | Opened 1945 | =2,524 of 15,079 | =1,492 in North America | =1,440 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | LUBBOCK APP/DEP | 119.200 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.675 |
| CLD | LUBBOCK CLNC DEL | 121.700 |
| RDO | FORT WORTH RDO | 122.550 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## 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)
- [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/kpvw/data