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Dinwiddie County Airport

37.18380°N
-77.50740°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 30.5%
DEP / DAY
4
▼ 25.6%

Dinwiddie County Airport (KPTB/PTB) is a small general aviation airport located in Petersburg, VA, 26 mi south of Richmond. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
21 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPTB 022115Z AUTO 05021G32KT 7SM SCT039 SCT047 BKN075 30/20 A3007 RMK AO2 T02960196

Runways

2 installed

5,002 FT MAX
05/23
5,002 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
14/32
3,061 ft × 50
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

14
55% of ops
187 land · 6 TO
23
39% of ops
132 land · 9 TO
32
4% of ops
13 land · 60 TO
05
2% of ops
6 land · 9 TO
Runway 14 carries 55% of operations (187 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 39%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

14 187 landings
UA 5%
23 132 landings
UA 0%
32 13 landings
UA 0%
05 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 14 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 187 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.1
flights/day · 302 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 10.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (7.5 vs 11.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

69 · 26%
44 · 17%
44 · 17%
27 · 10%
10 · 4%
9 · 3%
Activity is led by (26% of 264 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700 —
APCH 126.750 —
APCH 307.200 —
UNICOM 122.700 —
AWOS 133.325 —
OTHER 135.075 —
APT REMA 135.075 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Komatoast
12/28/2009
Low Fuel Prices
If traveling from New England to Florida... recommend you stop here if you need fuel. One of the most competitive fuel prices I found -- and immediate service.
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