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YPAM · PMK

Palm Island Airport

-18.75530°N
146.58099°W
ARR / DAY
5
▼ 11.1%
DEP / DAY
5
▼ 7.7%
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 5 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 3 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Hinterland Aviation Pty (HND). The busiest route is to Townsville Airport (YBTL).

Current weather

From YBTL, 36 mi away (YPAM does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
9 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
YBTL 202130Z 09009KT 9999 -SHRA FEW022 SCT029 BKN052 26/20 Q1019

Runways

1 installed

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

Runway intelligence

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

32
84% of ops
142 land · 0 TO
14
16% of ops
28 land · 168 TO
Runway 32 carries 84% of operations (142 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

32 142 landings
UA 11%
14 28 landings
UA 25%
Approaches to 32 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 142 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 · 336 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 6am · 5am
Day vs night
22%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–10pm local, averaging 11.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (3.8 vs 14.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (60% of 335 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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