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YPAM · PMK

Palm Island Airport

-18.75530°N
146.58099°W
ARR / DAY
2
72.0%
DEP / DAY
2
72.6%
ON-TIME
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
7d window

Palm Island Airport (YPAM/PMK) is a small regional airport located in Australia, 61 km north west of Townsville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,730 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Hinterland Aviation Pty (HND). The busiest route is to Townsville Airport (YBTL).

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,730 FT MAX
14/32
3,730 ft × 59
ASPH● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

32
84% of ops
204 land · 0 TO
14
16% of ops
38 land · 268 TO
Runway 32 carries 84% of operations (204 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

32 204 landings
UA 10%
14 38 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 32 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (20 UA events from 204 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
11.4
flights/day · 342 total
Busy hour (local)
6am
also 5am · 10pm
Day vs night
22%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6am–10pm local, averaging 11.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (4.0 vs 14.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (65% of 342 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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