Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County satellite view

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KPAO · PAO

Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County

37.46110°N

-122.11500°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 11.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 7.5%

Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County (KPAO/PAO) is a small general aviation airport located in Palo Alto, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,441 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 55 arrivals and 69 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago

Temp

57°F

Wind

3 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KPAO 031447Z VRB03KT 10SM BKN015 14/12 A3006

Runways

1 installed

2,441 FT MAX

13/31

2,441 ft × 70

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

72% of ops

1,025 land · 782 TO

28% of ops

395 land · 117 TO

Runway 31 carries 72% of operations (1,025 landings, 782 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

31 1,025 landings

UA 28%

13 395 landings

UA 25%

Approaches to 31 show a 28% unstable-approach rate (286 UA events from 1,025 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

56.0

flights/day · 1,679 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 12am · 8pm

Day vs night

43%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 56.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (64.1 vs 55.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 1,431 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	118.600	—
GND	125.000	0700-2100
ATIS	135.275	0700-2100
APCH	121.300	—
APCH	133.950	—
APCH	134.500	—
APCH	270.350	—
APCH	290.250	—
APCH	338.200	—
DEP	121.300	—
DEP	270.350	—
UNICOM	122.950	—
LCL/P	118.600	0700-2100

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Mag var:: 15° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports — click to expand

Cpfau182

09/22/2019

(no subject)

Tesla rental car

JohnB

03/16/2012

Palo Alto Airport

My home airport. Good chili at Abundant Air Cafe. Good rentals at Sundance flying club, West Valley Flying Club, Advantage Aviation.

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