KPMD Palmdale USAF Plant 42

UNKNOWN

Unknown — not enough evidence to call a runway

We don't know, and saying so beats guessing. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available. Wind calm — no directional preference.

certainty: — evidence: NONE Class D

Wind calm · VFR · 19 min old · from KBUR (29.3 nm away)

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25 17% 12002 ft · right traffic

7 17% 12002 ft

22 17% 12001 ft

4 17% 12001 ft · right traffic

252 15% 6000 ft

72 15% 6000 ft

Why — evidence behind this answer

Runway 25

PRIOR runway length 12002 ft +0.05

Runway 7

PRIOR runway length 12002 ft +0.05

Runway 22

PRIOR runway length 12001 ft +0.05

Runway 4

PRIOR runway length 12001 ft +0.05

Runway 252

PRIOR runway length 6000 ft -0.09

Runway 72

PRIOR runway length 6000 ft -0.09

Sources consulted

source	status	age	note
D_ATIS	UNAVAILABLE		No D-ATIS at this field
METAR	OK	19 min	Nearest station KBUR (29.3 nm away)
ADSB	UNAVAILABLE		No ADS-B track history here yet
NOTAM	OK
CIFP	NOT_CONFIGURED		Instrument procedures: phase 4

Recent operations

No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)

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KPMD field & runways

Palmdale USAF Plant 42, Palmdale, California. Field elevation 2542 ft. Class D airspace. Towered. Magnetic variation 12.0°E on record, 11.4°E today.

The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.079°/year west — about 1° every 13 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.

Runway data from the FAA NASR 01 Oct 2026 cycle. Where NASR locates both thresholds, the true heading is the bearing between them rather than NASR's whole-degree alignment. Magnetic is that heading against *today's* declination from WMM2025, not the field's variation of record — so it can differ from the chart by the gap between the two shown above. The number painted on the runway is the one ATC uses.
Runway	True	Magnetic	Number	Length	Surface	Pattern	Notes
22	231.7°	220.3°	matches rule gives runway 23 in ~60 yr	12,001 ft	CONC	left
25	266.2°	254.8°	matches rule gives runway 26 in ~3 yr	12,002 ft	CONC	right	ILS
252	not published		—	6,000 ft	CONC
4	51.7°	40.3°	matches rule gives runway 5 in ~60 yr	12,001 ft	CONC	right
7	86.2°	74.8°	matches rule gives runway 8 in ~3 yr	12,002 ft	CONC	left
72	not published		—	6,000 ft	CONC

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