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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
3
28.0%
DEP / DAY
10
19.0%

Palmahim Air Base (LL59) is a small general aviation airport located in Rishon LeZion, Israel. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,884 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From LLBG, 14 mi away (LL59 does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 250050Z 12004KT 9999 FEW020 24/16 Q1010 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

21
38% of ops
45 land · 102 TO
13
34% of ops
40 land · 0 TO
03
14% of ops
16 land · 44 TO
31
14% of ops
16 land · 1 TO
Runway 21 carries 38% of operations (45 landings, 102 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

21 45 landings
UA 2%
13 40 landings
UA 0%
03 16 landings
UA 0%
31 16 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 45 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
12.4
flights/day · 373 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 6am
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6am–3pm local, averaging 12.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (14.4 vs 12.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% of 361 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Elevation:
416 ft

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 01:27 UTC