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E55 ·

Ocean Ridge Airport

38.80130°N

-123.53000°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Ocean Ridge Airport (E55) is a small general aviation airport located in Gualala, CA, 51 mi north west of Santa Rosa. It features 1 runway measuring 2,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KUKI, 29 mi away (E55 does not publish METAR)

16m ago

Temp

57°F

Wind

6 kts

180°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KUKI 140956Z AUTO 18006KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01390117

Runways

1 installed

2,500 FT MAX

13/31

2,500 ft × 50

ASPH-F● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

78% of ops

52 land · 0 TO

22% of ops

15 land · 54 TO

Runway 31 carries 78% of operations (52 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

31 52 landings

UA 13%

13 15 landings

UA 7%

Approaches to 31 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 52 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

3.0

flights/day · 89 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 6pm · 7pm

Day vs night

45%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 3.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.4 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 85 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

wolfgangx

1/31/2026

Woods

This flight is really in the forest! Some tall trees all around

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