📍 Santa Ynez⬆ 674 ft1 runways

KIZA · SQA

Santa Ynez Airport

34.60680°N

-120.07600°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 19.2%

DEP / DAY

▼ 12.6%

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 2,804 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 12 arrivals and 16 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

11h ago

Temp

57°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIZA 061155Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM OVC003 14/14 A2995 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,804 FT MAX

08/26

2,804 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

62% of ops

818 land · 1,128 TO

38% of ops

502 land · 126 TO

Runway 26 carries 62% of operations (818 landings, 1,128 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

26 818 landings

UA 4%

08 502 landings

UA 10%

Approaches to 26 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 818 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

29.1

flights/day · 872 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 8pm · 10pm

Day vs night

44%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–10pm local, averaging 29.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (36.8 vs 27.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 631 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

8/9/2013

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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