Airports / Virginia / PTB
Dinwiddie County Airport
KPTB / PTBPetersburg, VirginiaELEV 193 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#2 / 36
Virginia airports by Google rating
4.9★ across 21 Google ratings — ranked against 36 rated VA fields.
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Richmond International Airport (RIC) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Dinwiddie County Airport, listed as KPTB / PTB, is a general aviation field in Petersburg, Virginia. The airport sits 193 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into PTB for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Richmond International Airport (RIC, 21 nm), Felker Army Air Field (FAF, 43 nm), and Newport News Williamsburg International Airport (PHF, 49 nm).
Charter pricing from PTB depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Petersburg.
What fliers highlight
Staff & service
4/5 reviews“The staff was respectful and polite, and the 110v power receptacles abundant.”
Eric Mulkey5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
3/5 reviews“The whole place is remarkably clean, (the restrooms=excellent), and has couches that are unreasonably comfortable.”
Eric Mulkey5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Dinwiddie County Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
KPTB
IATA
PTB
FAA / Local
PTB
Elevation
193 ft
Coordinates
37.1838° N · 77.5074° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs VA fields
state range 10–3,793 ft
At 193 ft, PTB sits lower than 55% of the 38 Virginia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 21nmRICRichmond International AirportRichmond
- 43nmFAFFelker Army Air FieldNewport News (Fort Eustis)
- 49nmPHFNewport News Williamsburg International AirportNewport News
- 55nmLFILangley Air Force BaseHampton
- 60nmNGUNorfolk Naval Station (Chambers Field)Norfolk
- 62nmKW63Lake Country Regional AirportClarksville
Location
Open the full mapKPTB · Dinwiddie County Airport · Petersburg, VA
From the ramp
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