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Porterville Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Porterville, California | ||||||||||
| Location | Porterville, California | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 442 ft / 134 m | ||||||||||
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Porterville Municipal Airport (IATA: PTV) is a general aviation airport located 5 miles northeast of Porterville, California.
It is owned and operated by the city of Porterville, California.
History
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. 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.
See Also
References
- Thole, Lou (1999), Forgotten Fields of America : World War II Bases and Training, Then and Now - Vol. 2. Publisher: Pictorial Histories Pub, ISBN 1575100517
External Links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KPTV
- ASN accident history for PTV
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KPTV
- FAA current PTV delay information
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