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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
3
50.0%
DEP / DAY
12
3.7%

Palmahim Air Base (LL59) is a small general aviation airport located in Rishon LeZion, Israel. It features 2 runways with the longest being 7,884 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From LLBG, 14 mi away (LL59 does not publish METAR)

23m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
2 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 200350Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW028 25/20 Q1012 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

21
38% of ops
45 land · 108 TO
13
36% of ops
43 land · 0 TO
03
14% of ops
16 land · 42 TO
31
12% of ops
14 land · 1 TO
Runway 21 carries 38% of operations (45 landings, 108 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

21 45 landings
UA 0%
13 43 landings
UA 0%
03 16 landings
UA 0%
31 14 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 45 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
12.3
flights/day · 370 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 6am
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6am–3pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.5 vs 12.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 354 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZKC
Elevation:
416 ft

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 04:13 UTC