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Placerville Airport

38.72420°N
-120.75300°W
ARR / DAY
5
37.5%
DEP / DAY
6
27.1%

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 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KPVF 031615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/08 A3009 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

05
57% of ops
59 land · 0 TO
23
43% of ops
45 land · 5 TO
Runway 05 carries 57% of operations (59 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

05 59 landings
UA 10%
23 45 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 05 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 59 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
6.9
flights/day · 206 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 12am
Day vs night
53%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–5pm local, averaging 6.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (10.8 vs 5.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (11% of 158 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
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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