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Placerville Airport

38.72420°N
-120.75300°W
ARR / DAY
9
10.0%
DEP / DAY
11
19.4%

Placerville Airport (KPVF/PVF) is a small general aviation airport located in Placerville, CA, 29 mi east of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,914 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPVF 291955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 31/03 A2998 RMK AO1

Runways

1 installed

3,914 FT MAX
05/23
3,914 ft × 76
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

05
64% of ops
332 land · 51 TO
23
36% of ops
185 land · 501 TO
Runway 05 carries 64% of operations (332 landings, 51 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

05 332 landings
UA 12%
23 185 landings
UA 1%
Approaches to 05 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (40 UA events from 332 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
19.1
flights/day · 574 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 19.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (19.6 vs 19.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 416 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.400
APCH 317.500
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 128.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° 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)

1
Desert185
7/25/2007
Deer
Watch out for the deer when landing early in the morning, especially on runway 05.
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