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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
4
▲ 75.0%
DEP / DAY
13
▲ 29.0%

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 4 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

31m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
14 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
LLBG 131150Z 31014KT CAVOK 28/18 Q1014 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

13
52% of ops
55 land · 0 TO
21
21% of ops
22 land · 9 TO
03
18% of ops
19 land · 24 TO
31
9% of ops
9 land · 0 TO
Runway 13 carries 52% of operations (55 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

13 55 landings
UA 5%
21 22 landings
UA 5%
03 19 landings
UA 5%
31 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 55 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
11.2
flights/day · 335 total
Busy hour (local)
5am
also 6am · 7am
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–7am local, averaging 11.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (12.5 vs 11.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (43% 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 12:21 UTC