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KIZA · SQA

Santa Ynez Airport

34.60680°N

-120.07600°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Santa Ynez Airport (KIZA/SQA) is a small general aviation airport located in Santa Ynez, CA, 31 mi south east of Santa Maria. It features 1 runway measuring 2,803 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago

Temp

55°F

Wind

4 kts

320°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIZA 271155Z AUTO 32004KT 6SM BR OVC003 13/13 A2997 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,803 FT MAX

08/26

2,803 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

56% of ops

637 land · 950 TO

44% of ops

504 land · 99 TO

Runway 26 carries 56% of operations (637 landings, 950 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

26 637 landings

UA 4%

08 504 landings

UA 13%

Approaches to 26 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 637 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

25.7

flights/day · 770 total

Busy hour (local)

8pm

also 5pm · 6pm

Day vs night

41%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 25.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (39.1 vs 21.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 557 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
APCH	124.150	—
APCH	327.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
AWOS	118.075	—
SAN LUIS	119.050	—
OTHER	119.050	—
SAN LUIS	269.500	—
OTHER	269.500	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZLA
Mag var:: 14° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

JohnWSB

08/09/2013

Great Airport

Good fuel prices, walk to Santa Ynez, and if you want to wait there's a number to call for a free ride to the Chumash native casino (big white building complex at an angle off the West end of the runway).

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