Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Airport
PMD · KPMD · Palmdale, California · Los Angeles County · map
Palmdale Usaf Plant 42 Airport is a public-use airport owned by Usaf, 3 miles northeast of Palmdale, California, 2,542 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 12,002 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PMD · ICAO KPMD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · owned by the Air Force
- Owner
- Usaf
- Elevation
- 2,542 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · operates 1330-0600z++.
- Attended
- every day, 1:30 pm to 0600z++
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
Runways 3
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 12,002 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 12,001 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 072/252 | 6,000 × 75 ft | Concrete, excellent |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 25: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 04: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 123.7 | Palmdale |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.275 | Palmdale |
| Ground | 121.9 | Palmdale |
| Approach and departure | 124.55 | Palmdale |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Palmdale |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 661-272-3798.
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Aircraft registered in Palmdale from the FAA register
47 aircraft are registered to owners in Palmdale, California: 37 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 gliders, 2 balloons, 1 electric aircraft. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 5/15/59.
- Offical business only. Military airport. Civil use requires Usaf approval and DD form 2400/01/02.
- Misc: indus instln - no trnspn, lodging or nml service available on site.
- PAPI runway 04, 07, 22, and 25 operates continuously.
- Primly trmg 747-707-727.
- Pattern altitude ohd 1957 feet. Rectangular 1457 feet. Exp right traffic runway 04, 25.
- Closed fed holidays.
- Other times closed to all traffic without written apvl.
- Chief of Usaf airfield operations.
- Runway used as a military assault strip.
- 1000 feet asphalt ovrn each end; ovrn poor condition emergency use only.
- Unusable beyond 5.0 NM.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.