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KPMD — Palmdale Usaf Plant 42
Palmdale, CA · field elevation 2,543 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
KPMD current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KPMD 111153Z AUTO 21007KT 10SM CLR 27/09 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP117 T02670089 10289 20267 55001
- Wind
- from 210° at 7 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 27 °C / dewpoint 9 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Density altitude
- 4,444 ft · pressure altitude 2,473 ft
- Observed
- 19 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 210° at 7 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 6 kt head | 3 kt from the left |
| 25 | 4 kt head | 6 kt from the left |
| 07 | 4 kt tail | 6 kt from the right |
| 04 | 6 kt tail | 3 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KPMD 111132Z 1112/1212 20006KT P6SM SKC FM111300 VRB05KT P6SM SCT250 FM112100 23015G22KT P6SM BKN250 FM120000 23018G28KT P6SM BKN250 FM120300 22015KT P6SM BKN250 FM120600 21010KT P6SM BKN250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 34.62939, -118.08455
- Elevation
- 2,543 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
- 1310Z / 0244Z
- Tower hours
- OPR 1330-0600Z++.
- Magnetic variation
- 12° (2020)
- Sectional
- Los Angeles
- County
- Los Angeles, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KPMD publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 12,002 | 200 | CONC | HIGH |
| 04/22 | 12,001 | 150 | CONC | HIGH |
| 072/252 | 6,000 | 75 | CONC | — |
Frequencies
- ATIS
- 118.275
- Tower OPR 1330-0600Z++.
- 123.7
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 123.7
- Approach
- 124.55
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS), VOR
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KPMD airport diagram or an approach plate
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- 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.