Cell towers in Portsmouth, Virginia
The FCC register lists 31 antenna structures in and around Portsmouth. That is the 15th highest count of any place in Virginia.
Overview
Portsmouth, VA has 31 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 15th largest count among the 465 places in Virginia that have any.
Density works out to 0.93 registered structures per square mile of land area.
Median height here is 53 m (174 ft), compared with 61 m (199 ft) across Virginia as a whole.
The mix here is 8 monopoles, 4 lattice towers, 3 guyed masts — the rest of the register is made up of rooftops, water tanks and structures the FCC records without a specific type.
The earliest structure still on the register here dates from 1972.
Structure types
| Monopole | 8 | 26% |
| Tower | 7 | 23% |
| Lattice tower | 4 | 13% |
| Tower array | 3 | 10% |
| Pole | 3 | 10% |
| Guyed tower | 3 | 10% |
| Mast | 2 | 6% |
| Not specified | 1 | 3% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 5 | 16% |
| City of Portsmouth Government | 4 | 13% |
| Willis Broadcasting Broadcaster | 3 | 10% |
| Commonwealth of Va Other | 3 | 10% |
| Tarpon Towers II, LLC Tower company | 2 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
top 25 of 31| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 384 m (1,259 ft) | Guyed tower | 2006 | American Towers LLC | 618253 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Guyed tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 105058 |
| 152 m (499 ft) | Guyed tower | 1972 | American Towers LLC | 119283 |
| 99 m (325 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | City of Portsmouth | 2707558 |
| 99 m (325 ft) | Lattice tower | 2019 | City of Portsmouth | 2707924 |
| 95 m (310 ft) | Tower | 1990 | American Towers LLC | 609901 |
| 94 m (309 ft) | Lattice tower | 1995 | Nexstar, INC. | 120548 |
| 91 m (300 ft) | Not specified | 1987 | City of Portsmouth | 623875 |
| 91 m (298 ft) | Lattice tower | 2008 | American Towers LLC | 120707 |
| 85 m (278 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Tvt I, LLC | 108622 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Mast | 1996 | Alltel Corporation | 115852 |
| 62 m (203 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | Willis Broadcasting | 2643499 |
| 62 m (203 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | Willis Broadcasting | 2643500 |
| 62 m (203 ft) | Tower array | 1974 | Willis Broadcasting | 2643502 |
| 61 m (199 ft) | Monopole | 1997 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 102113 |
| 53 m (174 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Tarpon Towers II, LLC | 2722111 |
| 53 m (173 ft) | Monopole | 2019 | Tarpon Towers II, LLC | 2707683 |
| 50 m (165 ft) | Tower | 1998 | Commonwealth of Va | 607328 |
| 50 m (164 ft) | Monopole | 2006 | Sba 2012 Tc Assets, LLC | 2669315 |
| 48 m (158 ft) | Tower | 1993 | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC | 100068 |
| 48 m (158 ft) | Pole | 1997 | City of Portsmouth | 100382 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Monopole | 1997 | Pinnacle Towers LLC | 101789 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Monopole | 2009 | Sba Towers Ix, LLC | 2670818 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Monopole | 2018 | Pi Tower Development, LLC C/O Lendlease Americas LLC | 2705786 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Monopole | 2024 | Cityswitch II, LLC | 2725960 |
When they were registered
| 1970s | 4 | 13% |
| 1980s | 1 | 3% |
| 1990s | 14 | 45% |
| 2000s | 5 | 16% |
| 2010s | 6 | 19% |
| 2020s | 1 | 3% |
Nearby places
- Norfolk 80
- Chesapeake 77
- Hampton 47
- Smithfield 17
- Newport News 46
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.