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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N

-117.67500°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

50m ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

4 kts

160°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPMD 070853Z AUTO 16004KT 10SM CLR 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP139 6//// T01780178 58003 PNO $

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

70% of ops

32 land · 13 TO

30% of ops

14 land · 4 TO

Runway 26 carries 70% of operations (32 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

26 32 landings

UA 0%

8 14 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 32 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

1.6

flights/day · 49 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 7pm · 4pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.1× weekday (0.2 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 46 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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