Platteville Municipal Airport (ICAO: KPVB, FAA LID: PVB) is a city owned public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Platteville, a city in Grant County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Platteville | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Platteville, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−06:00) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−05:00) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,025 ft / 312 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°41′22″N 090°26′40″W / 42.68944°N 90.44444°W | ||||||||||||||
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned PVB by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3]
Facilities and aircraft edit
Platteville Municipal Airport covers an area of 533 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 1,025 feet (312 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 is 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m); 7/25 is 3,600 by 75 feet (1,097 x 23 m).[1]
A non-directional beacon was located at the facility, 203 kHz, ident PVB. It was decommissioned in 2011.
The fixed-base operator is A&A Aviation.
For the 12-month period ending April 22, 2021, the airport had 20,550 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and less than 1% military.
In April 2024, there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single-engine, 1 multi-engine and 2 jet.[1]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for PVB PDF, effective April 18, 2024.
- ^ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KPVB - Platteville Municipal Airport - Platteville, Wisconsin
External links edit
- Platteville Municipal Airport at Wisconsin DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Terminal Procedures for PVB, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for PVB
- AirNav airport information for KPVB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures