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Pine Mountain Lake Airport

37.86170°N
-120.17800°W
ARR / DAY
3
63.6%
DEP / DAY
3
53.8%

Pine Mountain Lake Airport (KE45) is a small general aviation airport located in Groveland, CA, 47 mi east of Modesto. It features 1 runway measuring 3,625 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMCE, 44 mi away (KE45 does not publish METAR)

31m ago
Temp
67°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMCE 140653Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T01940128

Runways

1 installed

3,625 FT MAX
09/27
3,625 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

09
88% of ops
131 land · 9 TO
27
12% of ops
18 land · 152 TO
Runway 09 carries 88% of operations (131 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

09 131 landings
UA 2%
27 18 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 131 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
5.7
flights/day · 170 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (6.0 vs 5.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 145 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
ANGELS C 121.250
OTHER 121.250
ANGELS C 327.000
OTHER 327.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
15° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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svanarts
1/21/2009
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