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KPTV — Porterville Muni
Porterville, CA · field elevation 443 ft · NON-ATCT
KPTV current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPTV 252356Z AUTO 29007KT 10SM CLR 33/09 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP114 T03280089 10333 20256 56021 $
- Wind
- from 290° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 33 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Density altitude
- 2,712 ft · pressure altitude 483 ft
- Observed
- 56 minutes ago
Learn: reading a METAR, the weather course
Wind on each runway
Wind 290° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 12 | 6 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
Calculator: crosswind components
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
- 1347Z / 0147Z
- Magnetic variation
- 15°E (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 →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPTV airport diagram or an approach plate
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- 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.