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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
11
1000.0%
DEP / DAY
27
440.0%

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 11 arrivals and 27 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

46m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
6 kts
210°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 150550Z 21006KT 180V240 9999 SCT021 SCT030 29/23 Q1007 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

13
39% of ops
98 land · 0 TO
21
31% of ops
79 land · 183 TO
03
16% of ops
40 land · 65 TO
31
14% of ops
35 land · 1 TO
Runway 13 carries 39% of operations (98 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

13 98 landings
UA 0%
21 79 landings
UA 0%
03 40 landings
UA 0%
31 35 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 98 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
12.7
flights/day · 381 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 6am
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6am–3pm local, averaging 12.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (14.9 vs 12.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 366 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 06:36 UTC