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KPTV — Porterville Muni
Porterville, CA · field elevation 443 ft · NON-ATCT
KPTV current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPTV 111156Z AUTO 14006KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T02220094 10283 20217 55000 $
- Wind
- from 140° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.90 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,428 ft · pressure altitude 463 ft
- Observed
- 20 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 140° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the right |
| 30 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KPTV — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPTV — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 36.02958, -119.06272
- Elevation
- 443 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1312Z / 0251Z
- Magnetic variation
- 15° (1980)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- San Francisco
- County
- Tulare, CA
Everything else KPTV publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 5,960 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 119.075
Published procedures
- 3 approaches — GPS, VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KDLO Delano Muni19 nm
- KVIS Visalia Muni24 nm
- KHJO Hanford Muni32 nm
- KBFL Meadows Fld36 nm
- KNLC Lemoore NAS (Reeves Fld)47 nm
- KFAT Fresno Yosemite Intl55 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPTV airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.