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Placerville Airport

38.72420°N
-120.75300°W
ARR / DAY
9
18.4%
DEP / DAY
10
16.9%

Placerville Airport (KPVF/PVF) is a small general aviation airport located in Placerville, CA, 29 mi east of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,914 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 10 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

14h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KPVF 250835Z AUTO 10SM CLR 23/04 A3010 RMK AO1

Runways

1 installed

3,914 FT MAX
05/23
3,914 ft × 76
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
63% of ops
190 land · 264 TO
05
37% of ops
113 land · 27 TO
Runway 23 carries 63% of operations (190 landings, 264 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 05 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

23 190 landings
UA 10%
05 113 landings
UA 14%
Approaches to 23 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 190 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
16.3
flights/day · 490 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 16.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (17.9 vs 16.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 361 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.400
APCH 317.500
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 128.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° 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

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Desert185
07/25/2007
Deer
Watch out for the deer when landing early in the morning, especially on runway 05.
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