# Palo Alto Airport (PAO / KPAO)

**Palo Alto Airport** (IATA: PAO, ICAO: KPAO) is a medium airport in Palo Alto, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has one runway, 2,441 ft (744 m) long, asphalt. It is operated by Palo Alto.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpao

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PAO / KPAO
- FAA: PAO
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Palo Alto
- Owner: City of Palo Alto
- Serves: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 7 ft / 2 m
- Coordinates: 37.4611, -122.1150
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,441 ft / 744 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach, 1 arrival
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Palo-Alto-Airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Alto_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7128503
- Weather station: KPAO
- Ident: KPAO

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Palo Alto Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 2,441 ft / 744 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/09216AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,441 ft / 744 m | =21,307 of 29,858 | =9,681 in North America | =8,369 in US |
| Elevation | 7 ft / 2 m | =42,940 of 43,403 | =19,280 in North America | =15,680 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | NORCAL APP | 121.300 |
| APP | NORCAL APP | 33.820 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 135.275 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.600 |
| DEP | NORCAL DEP | 121.300 |
| GND | GND | 125.000 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [NUQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knuq.md) Moffett Federal Airfield · 4.8 mi / 7.7 km
- [SQL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksql.md) San Carlos Airport · 8.3 mi / 13 km
- [SJC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksjc.md) Mineta San Jose International Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [OAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koak.md) Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 19 mi / 30 km
- [CCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kccr.md) Buchanan Field · 37 mi / 59 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpao/data