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Watsonville Municipal Airport

36.93570°N
-121.79000°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 5.4%
DEP / DAY
0
▲ 1.8%

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
0
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Temp
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Wind
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Visib
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Ceil
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Runways

2 installed

4,501 FT MAX
02/20
4,501 ft × 150
ASP● LITMED
09/27
3,999 ft × 100
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

20
75% of ops
1,819 land · 1,980 TO
02
11% of ops
278 land · 62 TO
27
11% of ops
269 land · 85 TO
09
3% of ops
66 land · 58 TO
Runway 20 carries 75% of operations (1,819 landings, 1,980 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

20 1,819 landings
UA 5%
02 278 landings
UA 6%
27 269 landings
UA 7%
09 66 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 20 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (84 UA events from 1,819 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
61.5
flights/day · 1,846 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 9pm
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 61.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (85.9 vs 55.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

460 · 34%
131 · 10%
92 · 7%
89 · 7%
78 · 6%
59 · 4%
Activity is led by (34% of 1,339 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 127.150 —
APCH 307.125 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
ASOS 132.275 —
CLASS C 127.150 —
CLASS C 307.125 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL, G100UL

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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CaptBobCPA
11/27/2011
re: Zunigas
Reply to @CaptBobCPA: Unfortunately, Zunigas closed.
CaptBobCPA
5/30/2011
Zunigas
My home port. That great little restaurant is Zunigas. They have a great little gar as well--Jesus is there to serve you.
svanarts
1/22/2009
Mexican food
Last time I was there they had a great little Mexican restaurant on the field.
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