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KPAO · PAO

Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County

37.46110°N

-122.11500°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 11.6%

DEP / DAY

▼ 14.3%

Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (KPAO/PAO) is a small general aviation airport located in Palo Alto, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,443 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 75 arrivals and 86 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22h ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

6 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KPAO 121947Z 01006KT 10SM SKC 18/08 A2992

Runways

1 installed

2,443 FT MAX

13/31

2,443 ft × 70

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

83% of ops

3,197 land · 4,261 TO

17% of ops

660 land · 113 TO

Runway 31 carries 83% of operations (3,197 landings, 4,261 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

31 3,197 landings

UA 4%

13 660 landings

UA 14%

Approaches to 31 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (138 UA events from 3,197 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

123.8

flights/day · 3,714 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 9pm · 6pm

Day vs night

42%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 123.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (142.5 vs 122.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (44% of 3,106 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	118.600	—
TWR	118.600	0700-2100
GND	125.000	0700-2100
ATIS	135.275	0700-2100
APCH	121.300	—
APCH	133.950	—
APCH	134.500	—
APCH	270.350	—
APCH	290.250	—
APCH	338.200	—
DEP	121.300	—
DEP	270.350	—
UNICOM	122.950	—
LCL/P	118.600	0700-2100

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Mag var:: 15° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 212 s

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

Cpfau182

9/22/2019

(no subject)

Tesla rental car

JohnB

3/16/2012

Palo Alto Airport

My home airport. Good chili at Abundant Air Cafe. Good rentals at Sundance flying club, West Valley Flying Club, Advantage Aviation.

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