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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
2
45.5%
DEP / DAY
5
52.1%

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 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
10 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 250450Z 19010KT 9999 FEW030 26/20 Q1005 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

13
45% of ops
132 land · 0 TO
21
40% of ops
116 land · 317 TO
03
9% of ops
26 land · 143 TO
31
6% of ops
19 land · 0 TO
Runway 13 carries 45% of operations (132 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

13 132 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 132 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
11.9
flights/day · 358 total
Busy hour (local)
5am
also 6am · 3pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–3pm local, averaging 11.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (15.1 vs 11.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 353 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 05:52 UTC