Palo Alto Airport

The Palo Alto Airport (PAO) is a general aviation field, owned and operated by the City of Palo Alto. The Palo Alto Airport is an important community asset serving as a Bay Area single-runway airport since the 1930’s. The Airport’s property is approximately 102 acres and generally bounded by Embarcadero Road, Baylands Golf Links, the Bayland Nature Preserve, and the San Francisco Bay.

In 2014, operation of the Airport was transferred from Santa Clara County to the City of Palo Alto and since that time, the City has focused on infrastructure improvements and supporting airport operations. The City is proud to support the many aviation businesses that serve the flying community including fuel, aircraft ground support, flight lessons, pilot training, aircraft sales, rentals, maintenance and repair.  The Air Traffic Control Tower is operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.

In May 2023, the City kicked off the Long-Range Facility and Sustainability Plan (LRFSP) for the Palo Alto Airport to accommodate the existing and future needs of airport operations in a sustainable way. The plan will guide the airports improvements over the next 20 years with a focus on sustainability, across economic, operational, natural resource and social priorities. For more information visit the project page. 

Email staff with input at PAOPlan@cityofpaloalto.org. Stay up to date with the project by signing up to receive news and updates.      

Other Airport Resources

Map: 

• Airport Layout Map

Monthly Fuel Sales: 

• 2024 Airport Monthly Fuel Sales(PDF, 115KB)

Noise Procedures & Reports: 

• Noise Abatement Procedures
• 2022 Annual Airport Noise Report(PDF, 8MB)
• 2021 Annual Airport Noise Report(PDF, 2MB)
• 2020 Annual Airport Noise Report(PDF, 1MB)
• 2019 Annual Airport Noise Report(PDF, 1MB)
• 2018 Annual Airport Noise Report(PDF, 1MB)