📍 Santa Ynez⬆ 674 ft1 runways

KIZA · SQA

Santa Ynez Airport

34.60680°N

-120.07600°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 16.5%

DEP / DAY

▼ 25.8%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 14 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KIZA 281715Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2992 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

57% of ops

304 land · 429 TO

43% of ops

234 land · 58 TO

Runway 26 carries 57% of operations (304 landings, 429 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 43%.

Approach quality

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

26 304 landings

UA 4%

08 234 landings

UA 9%

Approaches to 26 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 304 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

32.6

flights/day · 978 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 8pm · 6pm

Day vs night

43%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 32.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (46.2 vs 29.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 702 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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