Virginia / Portsmouth city
#33 of 132 VA counties · 29 structures
Cell towers in Portsmouth city, VA
The FCC registry lists 29 constructed antenna structures in Portsmouth city, 1% of Virginia's 2,952. Ownership is spread across 18 registrants; the largest, Crown Castle, has 4 (14%). The three big tower companies — American Tower, Crown Castle and SBA — hold 11 between them.
- 1Constructed structures 29
- 2Tallest 499 ft
- 3Largest owner Crown Castle
- 4Median height (state 199 ft) 199 ft
Who owns the towers in Portsmouth city
18 different registrants own the 29 structures. Owner names are the registrant's legal entity as filed with the FCC; the large tower companies file under many subsidiary names, which this site groups into families where the brand is in the name or listed in the company's SEC filings.
Height and age
The median structure here stands 199 feet, close to the Virginia median of 199 feet. The tallest is a guyed tower near Portsmouth at 499 feet, built in 1999. More than in any other decade, 41% were built in the 1990s.
Every registered structure
Sorted tallest first. The registration number opens the FCC record, which shows the exact location and the owner's contact for the structure. A tower on your land that is not in this list is probably under 200 feet and away from airports, so it did not need registering — see why some towers aren't listed.
| FCC reg. | Type | Height | Built | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1047304 | Guyed tower | 499 ft | 1999 | Portsmouth | American Towers LLC |
| 1016562 | Guyed tower | 499 ft | 1972 | Portsmouth | American Towers LLC |
| 1307862 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2019 | Portsmouth | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH |
| 1308227 | Lattice tower | 325 ft | 2019 | Portsmouth | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH |
| 1047860 | Tower | 310 ft | 1990 | Portsmouth | American Towers LLC |
| 1018105 | Lattice tower | 309 ft | 1995 | Portsmouth | Nexstar, Inc. |
| 1064264 | Other or unspecified | 300 ft | 1987 | Portsmouth | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH |
| 1018291 | Lattice tower | 298 ft | 2008 | Portsmouth | American Towers LLC |
| 1002647 | Tower | 278 ft | 1996 | Portsmouth | TVT I, LLC |
| 1011949 | Mast | 260 ft | 1996 | Portsmouth | Alltel Corporation |
| 1244353 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1974 | Portsmouth | Willis Broadcasting |
| 1244354 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1974 | Portsmouth | Willis Broadcasting |
| 1244356 | Other or unspecified | 203 ft | 1974 | Portsmouth | Willis Broadcasting |
| 1027485 | Monopole | 199 ft | 1997 | Portsmouth | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1330967 | Monopole | 199 ft | 2026 | Portsmouth | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1322133 | Monopole | 174 ft | 2019 | Portsmouth | Tarpon Towers II, LLC |
| 1307987 | Monopole | 173 ft | 2019 | Portsmouth | Tarpon Towers II, LLC |
| 1269968 | Monopole | 164 ft | 2006 | Portsmouth | SBA 2012 TC Assets, LLC |
| 1015000 | Tower | 158 ft | 1993 | Portsmouth | Crown Atlantic Company, LLC |
| 1016697 | Pole | 158 ft | 1997 | Portsmouth | CITY OF PORTSMOUTH |
| 1025512 | Monopole | 157 ft | 1997 | Portsmouth | Pinnacle Towers LLC |
| 1271471 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2009 | Portsmouth | SBA Towers IX, LLC |
| 1306090 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2018 | Portsmouth | PI Tower Development, LLC c/o LendLease Americas LLC |
| 1325710 | Monopole | 155 ft | 2024 | Portsmouth | CitySwitch II, LLC |
| 1009618 | Mast | 154 ft | 1997 | Portsmouth | Cellco Partnership |
| 1016085 | Pole | 153 ft | 1997 | Portsmouth | Commonwealth of VA |
| 1009248 | Tower | 145 ft | 1990 | Portsmouth | Crown Castle GT Company, LLC |
| 1287340 | Pole | 142 ft | 2013 | Portsmouth | SBA Towers V, LLC |
| 1064906 | Tower | 79 ft | 2001 | Portsmouth | VIRGINIA INTERNATIONAL TERMINALS INC |
If you have a tower lease in Portsmouth city
Find your structure above, open its FCC record and confirm the owner — that is the company your lease runs to today, even if a different carrier signed it originally. Before answering a buyout offer, put your current rent, escalator and remaining term into the calculator to see what the rent is worth and what return the offer assumes.
Counties in Virginia with similar tower counts: Brunswick County (30), James City County (30), Accomack County (29), Spotsylvania County (28), Tazewell County (28).
Source: FCC Antenna Structure Registration, weekly public access file (r_tower.zip, created 2026-10-18); constructed registrations only; locations rounded. Checked 2026-10-23. Methodology.