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Placerville Airport

38.72420°N
-120.75300°W
ARR / DAY
3
68.6%
DEP / DAY
4
69.5%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPVF 251415Z AUTO 13004KT 10SM CLR 23/02 A3004 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
66% of ops
471 land · 56 TO
23
34% of ops
241 land · 718 TO
Runway 05 carries 66% of operations (471 landings, 56 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

05 471 landings
UA 14%
23 241 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 05 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (65 UA events from 471 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
16.5
flights/day · 494 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 16.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (18.0 vs 16.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 379 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
07/25/2007
Deer
Watch out for the deer when landing early in the morning, especially on runway 05.
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