Palm Springs International
PSP · KPSP · Palm Springs, California · Riverside County · map
Palm Springs International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Palm Springs, 2 miles east of Palm Springs, California, 477 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13R/31L, is 10,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 69 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 61,790 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,430,143 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Palm Springs International?
Its FAA code is PSP, and its ICAO code is KPSP.
Where is Palm Springs International?
It is 2 miles east of Palm Springs, California, 477 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Palm Springs International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13R/31L, is 10,000 feet long.
Does Palm Springs International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Palm Springs International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Palm Springs International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them San Francisco International, Denver International, Seattle-Tacoma International, Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Salt Lake City International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Palm Springs International?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Bermuda Dunes Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Palm Springs International?
7 pilot examiners and 10 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Palm Springs International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PSP · ICAO KPSP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Palm Springs
- Elevation
- 477 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13R/31L | 10,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 4,953 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13R: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 3,000 ft, 6,857 ft available for landing
- Runway 31L: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,500 ft, 8,500 ft available for landing
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.7 | Palm Springs |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.65 | Palm Springs |
| Clearance delivery | 128.35 | Palm Springs |
| Ground | 121.9 | Palm Springs |
| Approach and departure · Clowd and star · Departure procedure (HWRRD) 9000-13000 feet | 126.7 | Palm Springs |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (IKONE) · Departure procedure (LGANN) 8000 feet and below | 135.275 | Palm Springs |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Palm Springs |
| Sizlr and star | 134.0 | Palm Springs |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 760-322-7597.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bermuda Dunes Airport (13 nm southeast), Jacqueline Cochran Regional (21 nm southeast), Hemet-Ryan Airport (26 nm west).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 13R and 31L; PAPI runway 13R and 31L; high-intensity runway lights runway 13R/31L - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 13L and 31R; PAPI runway 13L and 31R; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13L/31R; taxiway east not lighted when tower closed.
- Pattern altitude: 1,500 feet. Above ground level large aircraft, 1,000 feet above ground level small aircraft.
- Rising terrain north of approach end of runway 13R.
- Unusable beyond 9 degreess left of centerline
- Runway 31L PAPI unusable beyond 4 NM from thld due to mountainous ter
- Unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline and beyond 4 NM from threshold due to mountainous trrn.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
- Runway 13R designated calm wind runway.
- No formation landings or takeoffs or overhead maneuvers
- Access to/from the FBO (fixed-base operator) ramp via taxiway G lmtd to aircraft with wingspan of less than 40 feet.
- Runway 13L/31R lighted dist rmng mkrs on east side only. Runway 13R/31L lighted dist rmng mkrs on west side only.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 17,464 departures from PSP in those twelve months, carrying 1,628,738 passengers in 2,224,560 seats (73% filled), to 94 destinations (13 abroad) on 31 airlines.
All 94 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 57 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| jets | 9 |
| helicopters | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 61,790, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 31,191 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,155 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,198 |
| general aviation, local | 2,839 |
| military | 1,407 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Palm Springs from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Palm Springs, California: 29 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Bermuda Dunes Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · Palm Desert, 10 miles away Bermuda Dunes Flight Training is a pilot-owned flight school in Bermuda Dunes, California, offering flight instruction from discovery flights through commercial pilot certification and ratings.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 10 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Joseph Scarcella private pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Beaumont, CA (25 nm) · (909) 754-9155 · [email protected]
- Chad Irick private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Murrieta, CA (35 nm) · (951) 306-9820 · [email protected]
- Kelly Lynn Manzani private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · French Valley Airport/Main Terminal Building · Murrieta, CA (35 nm) · (951) 553-5423 · [email protected]
- Clifton Dwayne Shuman private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Prop & Rotor Aviation, LLC · Wildomar, CA (40 nm) · (520) 241-8856 · [email protected]
- Orion Kingman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, gliders · Murrieta, CA (45 nm) · (760) 415-4895 · [email protected]
- Leo M Bell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Riverside, CA (47 nm) · (951) 906-7283 · [email protected]
- Thomas Hamm private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Riverside, CA (47 nm) · (951) 347-2770 · [email protected]
All 29 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 39 since 1982, 5 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Palm Springs 32 aircraft · 29 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Palm Springs Air Museum 7 aircraft in town
- Palm Springs Air Museum INC 6 aircraft in town
- Bermuda Dunes Flight Training LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- San Francisco International (SFO) 2,692 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Denver International (DEN) 2,032 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) 1,677 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 1,466 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Salt Lake City International (SLC) 1,078 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 964 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 765 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., United Air Lines Inc.
- Portland International (PDX) 758 flights in twelve months · Alaska Airlines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 39 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/PSP.json.
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 26, 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.