Platteville Municipal Airport Explained

Platteville Municipal Airport
Icao:KPVB
Faa:PVB
Type:Public
Owner:City of Platteville
City-Served:Platteville, Wisconsin
Timezone:CST
Summer:CDT
Elevation-F:1,025
Elevation-M:312
Coordinates:42.6894°N -90.4444°W
Pushpin Map:USA Wisconsin#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Wisconsin
Pushpin Label:PVB
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:4,000
R1-Length-M:1,219
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:7/25
R2-Length-F:3,600
R2-Length-M:1,097
R2-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2024)
Stat1-Data:20,550
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2024)
Stat2-Data:19
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Platteville Municipal Airport 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. 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]

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

Platteville Municipal Airport covers an area of 533acres 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).

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 May 22, 2024, 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 July 2024, there were 19 aircraft based at this airport: 17 single-engine and 2 multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. , effective July 11, 2024.
  2. Web site: NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A . . October 12, 2018 . October 3, 2018.
  3. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KPVB Great Circle Mapper: KPVB - Platteville Municipal Airport - Platteville, Wisconsin

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