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KPAO — Palo Alto
Palo Alto, CA · field elevation 7 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KPAO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPAO 100147Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT200 17/15 A3010
- Wind
- variable at 3 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 15 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Density altitude
- 24 ft · pressure altitude -173 ft
- Observed
- 54 minutes ago
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Weather cameras
3 within 20 nm, closest 16 nm. Last image 34 min ago.
View them, and the last six hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KPAO — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KPAO — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.46112, -122.11505
- Elevation
- 7 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1443Z / 0101Z
- Tower hours
- 0700-2100
- Magnetic variation
- 15°E (1995)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- San Francisco
- County
- Santa Clara, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KPAO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,441 | 70 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 135.275
- Tower 0700-2100
- 118.6
- Ground
- 125.0
- CTAF
- 118.6
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 121.3
- Approach
- 133.95
- Approach
- 134.5
- Departure
- 121.3
Published procedures
- 1 approach — RNAV (GPS)
- 1 arrival published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KNUQ Moffett Federal Airfield4 nm
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- KSFO San Francisco Intl16 nm
- KRHV Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County16 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPAO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other California airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.