# Palmahim Air Base, Palmahim, Israel

**Palmahim Air Base** is a small airport in Palmahim, Central District, Israel. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,403 m (7,884 ft). It is operated by Israeli Air Force.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll59

## At a glance

- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Israeli Air Force
- Serves: Palmahim, Central District, Israel
- Elevation: 10 m / 32 ft
- Coordinates: 31.8979, 34.6908
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,403 m / 7,884 ft
- Time zone: UTC+2/+3 · Asia/Jerusalem
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmachim_Airbase (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590092
- Weather station: LLBG · WMO 40180
- Ident: LL59

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,403 m / 7,884 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 025° / 205° | yes |
| 13/31 | 804 m / 2,636 ft | 31 m / 100 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,403 m / 7,884 ft | =2,827 of 29,858 | #215 in Middle East | #9 in IL |
| Elevation | 10 m / 32 ft | =40,371 of 43,403 | #408 in Middle East | #26 in IL |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =13 in Middle East | =7 in IL |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | TEL AVIV APP | 120.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [IL-0005](https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0005.md) Palmahim South Airstrip · 3.2 km / 2.0 mi
- [LLRS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0007.md) Rishon Lezion Airfield · 9.7 km / 6.0 mi
- [LLEK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llek.md) Tel Nof Air Base · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [LLHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llhs.md) Hatzor Air Base · 15 km / 9.6 mi
- [IL-0006](https://dromopedia.com/airports/il-0006.md) Naan Airstrip · 19 km / 11 mi
- [TLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/llbg.md) Ben Gurion International Airport · 22 km / 14 mi

## Sources

- [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/ll59/data