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Placerville Airport

38.72420°N
-120.75300°W
ARR / DAY
5
45.7%
DEP / DAY
9
24.1%

Placerville Airport (KPVF/PVF) is a small general aviation airport located in Placerville, CA, 29 mi east of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,914 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPVF 080635Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A3008 RMK AO1

Runways

1 installed

3,914 FT MAX
05/23
3,914 ft × 76
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

05
64% of ops
209 land · 17 TO
23
36% of ops
117 land · 320 TO
Runway 05 carries 64% of operations (209 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

05 209 landings
UA 10%
23 117 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 05 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (21 UA events from 209 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
14.8
flights/day · 444 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 14.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (14.6 vs 15.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 321 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.400
APCH 317.500
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 128.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

1
Desert185
07/25/2007
Deer
Watch out for the deer when landing early in the morning, especially on runway 05.
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