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Watsonville Municipal Airport

36.93570°N
-121.79000°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 33.2%
DEP / DAY
23
▼ 26.7%

Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI/WVI) is a small general aviation airport located in Watsonville, CA, 19 mi north west of Salinas. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,502 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 23 arrivals and 23 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 3 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
3
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
7 kts
130°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWVI 080153Z AUTO 13007KT 10SM CLR 19/12 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP171 T01890117

Runways

2 installed

4,502 FT MAX
02/20
4,502 ft × 149
ASP● LITMED
09/27
3,998 ft × 98
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

20
59% of ops
877 land · 1,036 TO
27
22% of ops
326 land · 56 TO
02
17% of ops
257 land · 60 TO
09
2% of ops
24 land · 54 TO
Runway 20 carries 59% of operations (877 landings, 1,036 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 27 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

20 877 landings
UA 6%
27 326 landings
UA 4%
02 257 landings
UA 2%
09 24 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 20 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (54 UA events from 877 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
45.1
flights/day · 1,353 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 9pm · 7pm
Day vs night
37%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 45.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (63.6 vs 40.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

333 · 34%
89 · 9%
87 · 9%
59 · 6%
53 · 5%
38 · 4%
Activity is led by (34% of 979 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

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

3 comments from OurAirports — click to expand

3
CaptBobCPA
11/27/2011
re: Zunigas
Reply to @CaptBobCPA: Unfortunately, Zunigas closed.
CaptBobCPA
05/30/2011
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
01/22/2009
Mexican food
Last time I was there they had a great little Mexican restaurant on the field.
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