Provincetown Municipal Airport
Provincetown is at the very tip of the Cape Cod peninsula region of Massachusetts. Perhaps due to being at the remote end of the Cape and because of its variety of beautiful scenes, Provincetown has attracted artists of all types over the years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport
- Also known as: “KPVC”, “Province Airport”, and “PVC”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Harbor Life Saving Museum and Race Point Light.
Old Harbor Life Saving Museum
Museum
Photo: JCefaly, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station is a historic maritime rescue station and museum, located at Race Point Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Built in 1897, it was originally located at Nauset Beach near the entrance to Chatham Harbor in Chatham, Massachusetts.
Race Point Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Race Point Light is a historic lighthouse on Cape Cod, in Provincetown, Massachusetts; it is on the National Register of Historic Places. The original tower, first illuminated in 1816, was replaced in 1876 with the current 45-foot-tall tall iron-plated tower and a new keeper's dwelling.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Provincetown, Massachusetts is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It was founded as the Provincetown Art Association on August 22, 1914, with the mission of collecting, preserving, exhibiting and educating people about the work of Cape Cod artists.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Long Point.
Long Point
Locality
Long Point is a peninsula located in Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States, at the extreme tip of Cape Cod, as it curls back in on itself to create Provincetown Harbor.
Provincetown Municipal Airport
- Categories: airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Town of Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.07206° or 42° 4′ 19″ northLongitude
-70.22194° or 70° 13′ 19″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Inception
April 1940Operator
National Park ServiceIATA airport code
PVCICAO airport code
KPVCOpen location code
87JF3QCH+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 29799711OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Provincetown Municipal Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Provincetown Municipal Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار بروفينستاون المحلى”
- French: “aérodrome de Provincetown Muni”
- French: “PVC”
- German: “Flughafen Provincetown”
- German: “KPVC”
- Indonesian: “KPVC”
- Indonesian: “PVC”
- Japanese: “Provincetown市営空港”
- Japanese: “プロビンスタウン市営空港”
- Persian: “KPVC”
- Persian: “PVC”
- Persian: “فرودگاه شهری پراوینستاون”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Municipal Provincetown”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи шаҳре провинстовн”
- Urdu: “پراونس ٹاؤن میونسپل ہوائی اڈا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Town Center and East End.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Air and Oversand Station.
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