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E55 ·

Ocean Ridge Airport

38.80130°N

-123.53000°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 50.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 20.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

51m ago

Temp

69°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KUKI 241656Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP139 T02060094

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

82% of ops

23 land · 0 TO

18% of ops

5 land · 32 TO

Runway 31 carries 82% of operations (23 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 18%.

Approach quality

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

31 23 landings

UA 4%

13 5 landings

UA 20%

Approaches to 31 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 23 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

2.7

flights/day · 80 total

Busy hour (local)

7pm

also 8pm · 11pm

Day vs night

41%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 7pm–11pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.9× weekday (4.2 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 74 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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