Provincetown Municipal Airport (IATA: PVC, ICAO: KPVC, FAA LID: PVC) is a public airport located at the end of Cape Cod, two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Provincetown, a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is operated by the Town of Provincetown on land leased from the National Park Service.[1] The airport is used for general aviation and by one commercial airline, Cape Air, which operates non-stop flights of 25 minutes duration to Boston's Logan International Airport. During the off-season, Cape Air operates three daily flights each way. On summer weekends, flights are scheduled approximately every 45 minutes in both directions. The airport recently added complimentary high-speed internet access for all passengers and crew members utilizing the facility. A limited amount of free parking is available for vehicles used by general and commercial aviation passengers. Aircraft parking is available from Cape Air, the Fixed Base Operator.
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Provincetown Municipal Airport covers an area of 310 acres (125 ha) which contains one paved runway (7/25) measuring 3,500 x 100 ft. (1,067 x 30 m).
For 12-month period ending January 1, 2007, the airport had 104,950 aircraft operations, an average of 287 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 7 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single engine and 1 multi-engine.
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[edit] Ground Transportation
Taxis are generally available in front of the terminal of the airpot. The fee for one person into Provincetown is $7. Mercedes Cab is the most reliable taxi into the center of Provincetown, as well as Truro, Welfleet and Eastham. Rental cars are available in the passenger terminal at Provincetown. In the summer months a shuttle bus service runs between the airport, race point beach and the town center.
[edit] References
- ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for PVC (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
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