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📍 Columbia⬆ 2,118 ft4 runways
KO22 · COA

Columbia Airport

38.03040°N
-120.41500°W
ARR / DAY
15
▲ 8.5%
DEP / DAY
17
▲ 4.4%

Columbia Airport (KO22/COA) is a small general aviation airport located in Columbia, CA, 42 mi north east of Modesto. It features 4 runways with the longest being 4,670 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

20h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KO22 270115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/07 A2991 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

35
52% of ops
217 land · 2 TO
11
25% of ops
104 land · 2 TO
17
15% of ops
62 land · 246 TO
29
9% of ops
36 land · 10 TO
Runway 35 carries 52% of operations (217 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

35 217 landings
UA 3%
11 104 landings
UA 12%
17 62 landings
UA 6%
29 36 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 35 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 217 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
27.4
flights/day · 822 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 7pm · 5pm
Day vs night
54%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 27.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.0× weekday (44.2 vs 22.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 516 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.975 —
APCH 125.100 —
APCH 363.200 —
UNICOM 122.975 —
AWOS 124.650 —
ANGELS C 121.250 —
OTHER 121.250 —
ANGELS C 322.550 —
OTHER 322.550 —
ANGELS C 327.000 —
OTHER 327.000 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
WestSacRob
2/3/2008
Great place to take a date
The town of Columbia is a restore Gold Rush town and is a very short walk from the airport. Many restaurants and shops. Need to be a little careful landing.. it's easy to come in too fast on final.
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