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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N

-117.67500°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

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Gray Butte Field (04CA) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmdale, CA, 22 mi west of Victorville. It features 1 runway measuring 8,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

8,000 FT MAX

8/26

8,000 ft × 150

ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

70% of ops

21 land · 13 TO

30% of ops

9 land · 6 TO

Runway 26 carries 70% of operations (21 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 30%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

26 21 landings

UA 0%

8 9 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 21 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg

1.8

flights/day · 53 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 5pm · 7pm

Day vs night

47%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–7pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.0× weekday (0.0 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (41% of 49 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZLA
Elevation:: 3,039 ft
Mag var:: 11° E

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