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Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport (United State)
Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport is located near Palmdale, with Palmdale at 4mi↑, Desert View Highlands at 5mi↑, Lancaster at 6mi↑, Quartz Hill at 8mi↑, Vincent at 9mi↑, Littlerock at 9mi↑, Leona Valley at 12mi↑, Acton at 13mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KPMD
- IATA code : PMD
- Local code : -
Elevation : 775 m = 2543ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 07/25 : 3658m = 12001ft
- runway 04/22 : 3658m = 12001ft
- runway 072/252 : 1829m = 6001ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
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- Downtown Burbank, CA train station at 34mi
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- Van Nuys, CA train station at 36mi
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Aviation weather for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport KPMD PMD
METAR for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport KPMD PMD
KPMD 180053Z 21025G37KT 10SM CLR 12/05 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 21038/2356 SLP108 T01170050
Decoded METAR for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport KPMD PMD
METAR issued by KPMD on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 00:53 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 27 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 62 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.87inHg
Wind 46km/h = 25kt with gusts at 69km/h = 37kt, direction is 210°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor peak wind 21038/2356 Sea Level Pressure SLP=108 T01170050
TAF for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport KPMD PMD
KPMD 172321Z 1800/1824 22025G35KT P6SM SCT250 FM180200 22018G28KT P6SM SCT250 FM180800 23015KT P6SM SCT250 FM181600 26012KT P6SM SCT250
Decoded TAF for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport KPMD PMD
TAF issued by KPMD on Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 23:21 UTC, issued 4 hours and 59 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, April 17, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday, April 17, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
1800/1824 22025G35KT P6SM SCT250
wind 25kt = 46km/h with gusts at 35kt = 65km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
from Thursday, April 17, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM180200 22018G28KT P6SM SCT250
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM180800 23015KT P6SM SCT250
wind 15kt = 28km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
from Friday, April 18, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Friday, April 18, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM181600 26012KT P6SM SCT250
wind 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 25000ft = 7620m
NOTAM for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport
Around Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport (United State)
near
- Hotels in Palmdale
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 2366mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 2422mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 5607mi↑
- Paris at 5608mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 5608mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 5683mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 5697mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 5697mi↑
- Bordeaux at 5697mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 5697mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5716mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5716mi↑
- for Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport at 0mi↑
- for Antelope Valley airport at 3mi↑
- for SCE Antelope Valley Service Center airport at 4mi↑
nearest airports to Palmdale Regional/USAF Plant 42 airport (United State)
- Antelope Valley airport ( US-2958) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- SCE Antelope Valley Service Center heliport ( CL40) at 4mi↑
- Galbraith airport ( US-6046) at 4mi↑defunct airport
- Palmdale Medical Center heliport ( 50CN) at 5mi↑
- Sheriff's heliport ( 21CL) at 5mi↑
- Pearland airport ( US-6045) at 6mi↑defunct airport
- Los Angeles County Sheriff Lancaster Station heliport ( US-6799) at 6mi↑
- Antelope Valley Hospital Medical Center heliport ( US-0288) at 6mi↑
- Quartz Hill airport ( US-1949) at 7mi↑defunct airport
- High Desert Hospital heliport ( US-2956) at 10mi↑
- SCE Vincent Substation heliport ( 26CN) at 10mi↑
- Oban airport ( US-2957) at 10mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap