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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N
-117.67500°W
ARR / DAY
1
125.0%
DEP / DAY
1
22.2%

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 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPMD, 24 mi away (04CA does not publish METAR)

30m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
4 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPMD 140753Z AUTO 07004KT 10SM CLR 20/13 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP126 T02000128 403060178

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

26
50% of ops
14 land · 12 TO
8
50% of ops
14 land · 2 TO
Runway 26 carries 50% of operations (14 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 50%.

Approach quality

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

26 14 landings
UA 14%
8 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 14 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
1.3
flights/day · 39 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 12am · 7pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 1.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.5 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 38 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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