Airports / California / PTV
Porterville Municipal Airport
KPTV / PTVPorterville, CaliforniaELEV 442 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#70 / 152
California airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 22 Google ratings — ranked against 152 rated CA fields.
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Visalia Municipal Airport (VIS) — 4 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Porterville Municipal Airport, listed as KPTV / PTV, is a general aviation field in Porterville, California. The airport sits 442 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 PTV for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Visalia Municipal Airport (VIS, 24 nm), Meadows Field (BFL, 36 nm), and Bakersfield International Airport (KL45, 42 nm).
Charter pricing from PTV depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Porterville AAF. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Porterville.
Field capability
ICAO
KPTV
IATA
PTV
FAA / Local
PTV
Elevation
442 ft
Coordinates
36.0296° N · 119.0630° 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 CA fields
state range -210–7,135 ft
At 442 ft, PTV sits higher than 58% of the 156 California fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 24nmVISVisalia Municipal AirportVisalia
- 36nmBFLMeadows FieldBakersfield
- 42nmKL45Bakersfield International AirportBakersfield
- 47nmNLCLemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field) AirportLemoore
- 55nmFATFresno Yosemite International AirportFresno
- 70nmKNIDChina Lake Naws (Armitage Field) AirportChina Lake
Location
Open the full mapKPTV · Porterville Municipal Airport · Porterville, CA
From the ramp
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