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04CA ·

Gray Butte Field

34.56390°N

-117.67500°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 133.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 120.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

33m ago

Temp

65°F

Wind

11 kts

230°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPMD 040853Z AUTO 23011G15KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP099 T01830072 58004 $

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

72% of ops

36 land · 13 TO

28% of ops

14 land · 5 TO

Runway 26 carries 72% of operations (36 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 8 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

26 36 landings

UA 0%

8 14 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 36 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

2.0

flights/day · 59 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 11pm · 5pm

Day vs night

51%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.2× weekday (0.5 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 56 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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