KPAO Palo Alto Airport
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KPAO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 6.7 ft
- Coordinates
- 37-27-40.0370N 122-06-54.1680W
- Lat / Long
- 37.4611214, -122.1150467
- Mag. variation
- 15E (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -7 (UTC -8 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- OAKLAND CENTER
- FSS
- OAKLAND FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- PAO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0600-2000
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ARPT LGTS OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY WHEN ATCT CLSD.
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KPAO
Runways
Longest 2,441 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 2441 x 70 ft. / 744 x 21 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 12.5
Runway 13
- Heading
- 127 magnetic, 142 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 6.6 ft.
- Obstructions
- 8 ft. berm, lighted, 300 ft. from runway, 12:1 slope to clear
Runway 31
- Heading
- 307 magnetic, 322 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- right
- Threshold elevation
- 6.7 ft.
- Obstructions
- RY 13 +8 FT DIKE 300 FT FROM RY END, OBSTN LGTD.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 1
Arrivals — STAR 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 118.6
- Unicom
- 122.95
- Atis
- 135.275
- Palo Alto Ground
- 125.0 [0700-2100]
- Palo Alto Tower
- 118.6 [0700-2100]
- Norcal Approach
- 121.3 133.95 134.5
- Norcal Departure
- 121.3
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF-FUELING AVAILBLE 24/7.
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A 100LL:SELF-FUELING AVAILBLE 24/7.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- LOW
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.