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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

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

58m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
5 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 150150Z 16005KT 9999 FEW019 SCT025 27/22 Q1006 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

13
38% of ops
92 land · 0 TO
21
33% of ops
79 land · 180 TO
03
16% of ops
38 land · 63 TO
31
14% of ops
33 land · 1 TO
Runway 13 carries 38% of operations (92 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

13 92 landings
UA 0%
21 79 landings
UA 0%
03 38 landings
UA 0%
31 33 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 92 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
11.6
flights/day · 347 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 6am
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6am–3pm local, averaging 11.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (14.9 vs 10.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 334 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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