Platteville Municipal Airport

Platteville Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KPVB – FAA LID: PVB
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Platteville
Serves Platteville, Wisconsin
Elevation AMSL 1,024 ft / 312 m
Coordinates 42°41′22″N 090°26′40″W / 42.68944°N 90.44444°W / 42.68944; -90.44444
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
7/25 3,600 1,097 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 13,550
Based aircraft 25

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]

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.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Platteville Municipal Airport covers an area of 533 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 1,024 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. However, the NDB was decommissioned in 2011.

Fixed base operator: Hughes Aviation

For the 12-month period ending June 22, 2006, the airport had 13,550 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 4% ultralight.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for PVB (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2008-04-10
  2. ↑ Great Circle Mapper: KPVB - Platteville Municipal Airport - Platteville, Wisconsin

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