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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N
-117.67500°W
ARR / DAY
1
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
44.4%

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 KWJF, 33 mi away (04CA does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
20 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KWJF 132356Z 22020G32KT 10SM CLR 29/11 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 20032/2328 SLP103 T02890111 10306 20283 56007

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

8
54% of ops
14 land · 1 TO
26
46% of ops
12 land · 11 TO
Runway 8 carries 54% of operations (14 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 26 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

8 14 landings
UA 0%
26 12 landings
UA 17%
Approaches to 8 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 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
1.2
flights/day · 35 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 12am · 6pm
Day vs night
46%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–11pm local, averaging 1.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.5 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 34 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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