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YPAM · PMK

Palm Island Airport

-18.75530°N
146.58099°W
ARR / DAY
6
11.1%
DEP / DAY
6
10.0%
ON-TIME
schedules pending
AVG DELAY
7d window

Palm Island Airport (YPAM/PMK) is a small regional airport located in Australia, 61 km north west of Townsville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,730 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 2 carriers across 1 route. The most active carrier is Hinterland Aviation Pty (HND). The busiest route is to Townsville Airport (YBTL).

Current weather

From YBTL, 36 mi away (YPAM does not publish METAR)

58m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
18 kts
60°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
YBTL 280530Z AUTO 06018KT 9999 // NCD 26/15 Q1020

Runways

1 installed

3,730 FT MAX
14/32
3,730 ft × 59
ASPH● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

32
89% of ops
184 land · 1 TO
14
11% of ops
23 land · 216 TO
Runway 32 carries 89% of operations (184 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

32 184 landings
UA 5%
14 23 landings
UA 22%
Approaches to 32 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 184 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
13.1
flights/day · 394 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 6am · 5am
Day vs night
22%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5am–10pm local, averaging 13.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (4.4 vs 17.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (62% of 390 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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