KPTV · Porterville Municipal Airport

PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA · SMALL AIRPORT

442

Elevation ft

Runway

5,960

Longest ft · 12/30

36.03N

119.06W

Porterville Municipal Airport serves Porterville, California at 442 ft elevation with its longest runway, 12/30, at 5,960 by 150 ft. The figures below are computed from FAA NASR runway data (via OurAirports) and the same rules of thumb JetDesk uses on the airport page in the app; the POH and current NOTAMs are the authority.

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01Runways

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lighting
12/30	5,960 × 150 ft	asphalt	lit

02Density altitude and turboprop runway margins

Standard temperature at 442 ft is about 14°C. Every 1,000 ft of density altitude adds roughly 8 percent to a turboprop's takeoff distance and 5 percent to its landing distance. The table uses Piper Meridian book numbers (2,438 ft takeoff and 2,110 ft landing over a 50 ft obstacle at sea level, ISA, max weight) as a reference airplane; heavier turboprops and light jets scale the same way from their own POH figures.

Conditions	Density altitude	Takeoff est.	Landing est.	Landing × 1.5
Standard day (ISA, 14°C)	442 ft	2,524 ft	2,157 ft	3,235 ft
Warm day (ISA +10)	1,642 ft	2,758 ft	2,283 ft	3,425 ft
Hot day (ISA +20)	2,842 ft	2,992 ft	2,410 ft	3,615 ft
35°C afternoon	2,948 ft	3,013 ft	2,421 ft	3,632 ft

Planning aid only. Even on a 35°C afternoon the longest runway (12/30, 5,960 ft) covers a Meridian-class turboprop's landing distance with a 50 percent margin (3,632 ft needed). The percentages are a generic rule of thumb applied to one reference airplane, not certified performance data for any specific aircraft, and the runway size categories describe the runway, not your airplane's suitability. Verify with the approved flight manual before every flight.

03Nearby fields with 5,000 ft or more

Useful as alternates, as fuel stops when the price at KPTV is high, or as the longer runway on a hot afternoon.

Airport	Distance	Longest runway
KDLO Delano Municipal Airport	19 nm SW	5,659 ft
KVIS Visalia Municipal Airport	24 nm NW	6,562 ft
KHJO Hanford Municipal Airport	32 nm NW	5,179 ft
KBFL Meadows Field	36 nm S	10,849 ft

04Jet A prices and FBOs at KPTV

No public API publishes FBO fuel prices, so JetDesk does not guess. Pilots and crews log the price they actually paid at KPTV, the app flags a price stale after two weeks, and the route finder ranks every field within a corridor of your route by net savings after the cost of the extra cycle. Log a price at KPTV or read what a fuel stop actually saves.

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