Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport (PMD): Codes, Runways & Location

Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport is classified in the OurAirports dataset as a medium-sized airport, serving the area of Palmdale in United States. It is identified by the IATA code PMD and the ICAO code KPMD. It is not recorded as having scheduled commercial airline service, so it mainly serves general, charter or regional aviation.

Palmdale Regional Airport / USAF Plant 42 Airport has 3 runways recorded. Its longest runway is about 3658 m (12002 ft) long. A runway of that length can physically support the largest wide-body jets, including the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, though actual limits also depend on elevation, temperature, payload and local procedures. Runway surface: concrete. At least one runway has lighting for night operations. The field elevation is 2543 ft (775 m); higher-elevation airports need longer takeoff runs in thin air.

Other airports lie nearby: 6 are within reach, the closest being General William J Fox Airfield (WJF) about 17 km away.