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📍 Gualala⬆ 940 ft1 runways

E55 ·

Ocean Ridge Airport

38.80130°N

-123.53000°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Ocean Ridge Airport (E55) is a small general aviation airport located in Gualala, CA, 51 mi north west of Santa Rosa. It features 1 runway measuring 2,504 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KUKI, 29 mi away (E55 does not publish METAR)

12m ago

Temp

64°F

Wind

5 kts

30°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KUKI 032356Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM BKN036 OVC048 18/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP118 60000 T01780117 10200 20167 58009

Runways

1 installed

2,504 FT MAX

13/31

2,504 ft × 50

ASPH-F● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

83% of ops

43 land · 0 TO

17% of ops

9 land · 52 TO

Runway 31 carries 83% of operations (43 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 17%.

Approach quality

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

31 43 landings

UA 0%

13 9 landings

UA 11%

Approaches to 31 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 43 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

2.5

flights/day · 76 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 9pm

Day vs night

41%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.2× weekday (4.4 vs 2.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

wolfgangx

01/31/2026

Woods

This flight is really in the forest! Some tall trees all around

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