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E55 ·

Ocean Ridge Airport

38.80130°N

-123.53000°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 33.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 35.7%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

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Current weather

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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

76% of ops

51 land · 0 TO

24% of ops

16 land · 60 TO

Runway 31 carries 76% of operations (51 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

31 51 landings

UA 16%

13 16 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 31 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 51 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

2.9

flights/day · 87 total

Busy hour (local)

11pm

also 6pm · 7pm

Day vs night

45%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.4 vs 2.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 83 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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