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US-0248 ·

Santa Margarita Ranch Airport

35.39965°N

-120.61604°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Santa Margarita Ranch Airport (US-0248) is a small general aviation airport located in Santa Margarita, CA, 32 mi north of Santa Maria. It features 1 runway measuring 3,230 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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Runways

1 installed

3,230 FT MAX

17/35

3,230 ft × 50

asphalt○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

85% of ops

53 land · 21 TO

15% of ops

9 land · 0 TO

Runway 35 carries 85% of operations (53 landings, 21 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 15%.

Approach quality

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

35 53 landings

UA 15%

17 9 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 35 show a 15% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 53 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

1.1

flights/day · 33 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 12am · 7pm

Day vs night

45%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (1.5 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

4 · 14%

2 · 7%

Activity is led by (14% of 28 flights). Top three types: , , .

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