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Palmahim Air Base

31.89790°N
34.69080°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

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

18m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
LLBG 030150Z VRB03KT 9999 FEW022 26/22 Q1009 NOSIG

Runway intelligence

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

21
36% of ops
58 land · 157 TO
13
34% of ops
56 land · 0 TO
03
18% of ops
30 land · 69 TO
31
12% of ops
19 land · 2 TO
Runway 21 carries 36% of operations (58 landings, 157 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 34%.

Approach quality

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

21 58 landings
UA 3%
13 56 landings
UA 0%
03 30 landings
UA 0%
31 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 58 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 · 368 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4am · 5am
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–3pm local, averaging 12.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (13.5 vs 12.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (47% 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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