Airport in California, US
Porterville Municipal Airport
(
IATA
:
PTV
,
ICAO
:
KPTV
,
FAA
LID
:
PTV
) is a city-owned public-use
airport
located three
nautical miles
(6
km
) southwest of the
central business district
of
Porterville
, a city in
Tulare County
,
California
,
United States
.
[1]
According to the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
for 2009?2013, it is
categorized
as a
general aviation
facility.
[2]
History
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The airport was opened in September 1942 as
Porterville Army Airfield
and was used by the
United States Army Air Forces
Fourth Air Force
as a training base during
World War II
. It was a sub-base to
Lemoore AAF
, being used as a pilot training facility. Improvements to the site included a fueling system utilizing nine underground storage tanks. These tanks were filled and abandoned in place. Also located on site are ten fueling pits, which are presently unused. The field had the Air Echelon element from the Western Signal Aviation Unit Training Center at Camp Pinedale.
At the end of the war the airfield was determined to be excess by the military and turned over to the local government for civil use. The
War Assets Administration
disposed of the property between 1948 and 1953. In 1948, 835 acres (3.38 km
2
) were returned to Porterville. The remaining land was sold to the Tulare County Housing Authority.
[3]
Facilities and aircraft
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Porterville Municipal Airport covers an area of 940
acres
(380
ha
) at an
elevation
of 442 feet (135 m) above
mean sea level
. It has one
runway
designated 12/30 with an asphalt surface measuring 6,000 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m).
[1]
A shorter east-west runway (25/7), once occasionally closed and used for
NHRA
sanctioned drag racing in the mid-1960s, was permanently closed during the 1980s.
For the 12-month period ending January 30, 2009, the airport had 43,550 aircraft operations, an average of 119 per day: 98%
general aviation
, 2%
air taxi
, and <1%
military
. At that time there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-
engine
, 11% multi-engine, 10%
helicopter
and 6%
ultralight
.
[1]
Airlines and destinations
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Passenger
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See also
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References
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This article incorporates
public domain material
from the
Air Force Historical Research Agency
External links
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