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KO22 · COA

Columbia Airport

38.03040°N
-120.41500°W
ARR / DAY
12
19.6%
DEP / DAY
12
29.8%

Columbia Airport (KO22/COA) is a small general aviation airport located in Columbia, CA, 42 mi north east of Modesto. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,673 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KO22 270855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW065 OVC080 20/07 A3000 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
47% of ops
181 land · 9 TO
11
26% of ops
100 land · 6 TO
17
20% of ops
79 land · 208 TO
29
7% of ops
28 land · 10 TO
Runway 35 carries 47% of operations (181 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 26%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 181 landings
UA 3%
11 100 landings
UA 13%
17 79 landings
UA 13%
29 28 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 35 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 181 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
25.0
flights/day · 749 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 25.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (33.2 vs 23.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (14% of 507 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975
APCH 125.100
APCH 363.200
UNICOM 122.975
AWOS 124.650
ANGELS C 121.250
OTHER 121.250
ANGELS C 322.550
OTHER 322.550
ANGELS C 327.000
OTHER 327.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
WestSacRob
02/02/2008
Great place to take a date
The town of Columbia is a restore Gold Rush town and is a very short walk from the airport. Many restaurants and shops. Need to be a little careful landing.. it's easy to come in too fast on final.
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