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Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 Airport

34.62940°N
-118.08500°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 58.8%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 56.0%
ON-TIME
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schedules pending
AVG DELAY
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7d window

Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 Airport (KPMD/PMD) is a medium regional airport located in Palmdale, CA. It features 3 runways with the longest being 12,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 2 routes. The most active carrier is Janes Aviation (JAN). The busiest route is to Homey (Area 51) Airport (KXTA).

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

54m ago
Temp
99°F
Wind
3 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KPMD 231953Z 32003KT 10SM CLR 37/08 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP107 T03720078 $

Runways

3 installed

12,002 FT MAX
04/22
12,001 ft × 150
CON● LITHIGH
07/25
12,002 ft × 200
CON● LITHIGH
072/252
6,000 ft × 75
CONC-E○ unlit

Delays by hour

Avg minutes · local time · last 30 days

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Top carriers

Share of flights

3 total
TOP 9 8
Janes Aviation 62% Skystream Airlines AS 25% Lossiemouth FTU 12%

Top destinations

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KXTA 2
LAS 2
CIC 1
KNFG 1
SBP 1

Carriers

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Janes Aviation
5
Skystream Airlines AS
2
Lossiemouth FTU
1

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.700 —
TWR 123.700 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
TWR 236.600 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
TWR 317.600 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
GND 121.900 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
GND 317.600 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
ATIS 118.275 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
APCH 124.550 —
APCH 363.000 —
EMERG 121.500 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
LCL/P 123.700 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
LCL/S 236.600 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
EMERG 243.000 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
LCL/P 317.600 OPR 1330-0600Z++.
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Mag var:
12° E

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KPMD · last 7d

7 destinations
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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

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
PMDKXTA
Groom Lake, US
 Janes Aviation 2 0h 45m
PMDLAS
Las Vegas, US
 Janes Aviation 2 0h 50m
PMDCIC
Chico, US
 Lossiemouth FTU 1 1h 35m
PMDKNFG
Oceanside, US
 Skystream Airlines AS 1 0h 51m
PMDSBP
San Luis Obispo, US
 Skystream Airlines AS 1 1h 42m
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