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KE45 ·

Pine Mountain Lake Airport

37.86170°N
-120.17800°W
ARR / DAY
2
11.1%
DEP / DAY
5
52.4%

Pine Mountain Lake Airport (KE45) is a small general aviation airport located in Groveland, CA, 47 mi east of Modesto. It features 1 runway measuring 3,625 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMCE, 44 mi away (KE45 does not publish METAR)

37m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMCE 211053Z AUTO 33006KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01890117

Runways

1 installed

3,625 FT MAX
09/27
3,625 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

09
85% of ops
61 land · 5 TO
27
15% of ops
11 land · 74 TO
Runway 09 carries 85% of operations (61 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

09 61 landings
UA 2%
27 11 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 09 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 61 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
5.5
flights/day · 166 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 4pm · 1am
Day vs night
50%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1am local, averaging 5.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (6.9 vs 5.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 145 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.900
ANGELS C 121.250
OTHER 121.250
ANGELS C 327.000
OTHER 327.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
15° 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

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svanarts
01/21/2009
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