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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
2
22.2%
DEP / DAY
7
34.6%

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

Current weather

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

28m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
12 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 291850Z 26012KT 9999 FEW030 29/20 Q1005 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

21
39% of ops
38 land · 91 TO
13
35% of ops
34 land · 0 TO
03
14% of ops
14 land · 45 TO
31
12% of ops
12 land · 1 TO
Runway 21 carries 39% of operations (38 landings, 91 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

21 38 landings
UA 3%
13 34 landings
UA 0%
03 14 landings
UA 0%
31 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 38 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
11.6
flights/day · 347 total
Busy hour (local)
4am
also 3pm · 6am
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4am–6am local, averaging 11.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (12.6 vs 11.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (45% of 337 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 19:18 UTC