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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N
-117.67500°W
ARR / DAY
2
83.3%
DEP / DAY
1
45.5%

Gray Butte Field (04CA) is a small general aviation airport located in Palmdale, CA, 22 mi west of Victorville. It features 1 runway measuring 8,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KPMD, 24 mi away (04CA does not publish METAR)

46m ago
Temp
87°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPMD 171653Z VRB03KT 10SM CLR 31/M03 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP159 T03061033 $

Runways

1 installed

8,000 FT MAX
8/26
8,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

26
76% of ops
19 land · 12 TO
8
24% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 26 carries 76% of operations (19 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

26 19 landings
UA 11%
8 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 19 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
1.4
flights/day · 42 total
Busy hour (local)
11pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
48%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–11pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (0.6 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 41 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZLA
Elevation:
3,039 ft
Mag var:
11° E
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