Airports / Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County

Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County(KPAO)

Palo Alto, United States

Last updated: Mar 24, 2026

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Compared to: preceding 12 months · May 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 – Apr 2026·vs May 2024 – May 2025· Emissions increasing vs prior period

Activity Summary

10.2
Tons CO2 Total
1.2
Avg CO2/Flight
9
Flights Total
Emissions Intensity0.02t CO₂/nm
9.4 tons CO2 in selected period

Airport Patterns

Emissions up 171% vs prior period — significantly busier than prior period

9t
Total CO₂
1.2t
Avg CO₂/flight
9
Flights
Operator Profile

Charter/owner classification not available for this airport's flights

Emissions
73%
6t → 10t CO₂
CO₂ Intensity
2%
1.2t → 1.2t per departure
Flight Count
5
4 → 9 flights
New Routes
4
5t CO₂ combined
Dropped Routes
1
Prior period only
New Aircraft
8
8 new tail numbers
Top Destinations
San Francisco5.6t CO₂
5 flights · avg 1.1t/flight
San Jose1.9t CO₂
1 flight · avg 1.9t/flight
Hayward1.0t CO₂
1 flight · avg 1.0t/flight
Santa Ana0.8t CO₂
1 flight · avg 0.8t/flight

Spikes

Significant deviations from this airport's baseline in the selected period.

CO₂ Above Baseline

6t

Signals Detected

5

Highest Severity

High

HighJun 24, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025

Elevated activity Jun 24, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025 — 1 flights in 7 days vs baseline of 0

1 flights recorded in a 7-day window, exceeding the airport baseline of 0 flights per week by 333%.

1.9t CO₂

HighDec 23, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025

Elevated activity Dec 23, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025 — 1 flights in 7 days vs baseline of 0

1 flights recorded in a 7-day window, exceeding the airport baseline of 0 flights per week by 333%.

0.9t CO₂

HighJan 18, 2026 – Jan 24, 2026

Elevated activity Jan 18, 2026 – Jan 24, 2026 — 1 flights in 7 days vs baseline of 0

1 flights recorded in a 7-day window, exceeding the airport baseline of 0 flights per week by 333%.

0.9t CO₂

HighFeb 7, 2026

Single high-emission departure N44440 → KSFO on Feb 7, 2026 — 1.9t CO₂, 100% of day's total

Aircraft N44440 departing to KSFO produced 1.9t CO₂, representing 100% of all airport emissions on Feb 7, 2026.

1.9t CO₂

MediumJun 24, 2025 – Dec 29, 2025

188-day gap in recorded activity ending Dec 29, 2025

Airport had 188 consecutive days with zero recorded flights before activity resumed on Dec 29, 2025.

0.9t CO₂

Route Map

Top Routes by Emissions
Aircraft Using This Airport
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N44440·Bombardier Global 7500
1.9t CO₂ · avg 1.9t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 7 Feb 2026
N10XG·Gulfstream GV
1.9t CO₂ · avg 1.9t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 24 Jun 2025
N604SBCharter·Bombardier Challenger 600
1.0t CO₂ · avg 1.0t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 24 Mar 2026
N831PBCharter·Bombardier Challenger 600
1.0t CO₂ · avg 1.0t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 6 Mar 2026
N301JECharter·Bombardier Challenger 300
1.0t CO₂ · avg 1.0t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 4 Mar 2026
N636QSCharter·Cessna Citation Latitude
0.9t CO₂ · avg 0.9t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 24 Jan 2026
N905QSCharter·Cessna Citation Latitude
0.9t CO₂ · avg 0.9t/visit · 1 visit · Last seen 29 Dec 2025
N510KACharter·Cessna Citation Mustang
0.8t CO₂ · avg 0.4t/visit · 2 visits · Last seen 4 Mar 2026

Recent Flights

10 total flights recorded

Showing most recent flights — not filtered by viewing period