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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
2
43.5%
DEP / DAY
8
24.7%

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 2 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

56m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
7 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 030850Z 29007KT 220V340 9999 FEW032 32/21 Q1008 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

21
37% of ops
59 land · 153 TO
13
34% of ops
55 land · 0 TO
03
16% of ops
26 land · 71 TO
31
13% of ops
21 land · 2 TO
Runway 21 carries 37% of operations (59 landings, 153 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 59 landings
UA 3%
13 55 landings
UA 0%
03 26 landings
UA 0%
31 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 59 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
11.5
flights/day · 345 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 5am
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–3pm local, averaging 11.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (11.0 vs 12.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 332 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 09:46 UTC