Hale County Airport

Hale County Airport Plainview Field
1996 USGS Photo
IATA: PVW ICAO: KPVW FAA LID: PVW
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Plainview and Hale County, Texas
Location	Hale County, near Plainview, Texas
Elevation AMSL	3,374 ft / 1,028 m
Coordinates	34°10′08″N 101°42′57″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 04/22 5,997 1,828 Asphalt 13/31 4,000 1,219 Asphalt

Hale County Airport (IATA: PVW, ICAO: KPVW, FAA LID: PVW) is a public airport about 1 mile (1.6 km) south-southwest of Plainview, Texas. There are no airline flights now.

History

Provided contract glider training to the United States Army Air Forces, 1942-1944. Training provided by Clint Breedlove Aerial Service. An all-way turf airfield with a 2,700' x 2,700' landing/takeoff area. Used primarily C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4 unpowered gliders. Possibly had two auxiliary landing airfields. The mission of the school was to train glider pilot students in proficiency in operation of gliders in various types of towed and soaring flight, both day and night, and in servicing of gliders in the field.

Inactivated during 1944 with the drawdown of AAFTC's pilot training program. Declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 30 September 1945. Eventually discharged to the War Assets Administration (WAA) and became a civil airport in April 1946. Once had scheduled airline flights-- Pioneer started in January 1948, then Continental, then Central DC-3s ended in 1963. (In 1962 Central boarded 148 passengers on its 516 DC-3 departures from Plainview.)

See also

• Texas World War II Army Airfields
• 31st Flying Training Wing (World War II)

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
• Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC

External links

• FAA Terminal Procedures for PVW, effective November 28, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for PVW
  • AirNav airport information for PVW
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for PVW