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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
3
17.6%
DEP / DAY
7
37.7%

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

Current weather

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

53m ago
Temp
81°F
Wind
7 kts
200°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 241950Z 20007KT 9999 SCT030 27/20 Q1005 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

13
46% of ops
138 land · 0 TO
21
39% of ops
116 land · 329 TO
03
9% of ops
26 land · 143 TO
31
6% of ops
19 land · 0 TO
Runway 13 carries 46% of operations (138 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

13 138 landings
UA 0%
21 116 landings
UA 0%
03 26 landings
UA 0%
31 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 138 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
12.1
flights/day · 363 total
Busy hour (local)
5am
also 4am · 6am
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–6am local, averaging 12.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (15.1 vs 11.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 358 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 20:43 UTC