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Watsonville Municipal Airport

36.93570°N
-121.79000°W
ARR / DAY
33
▲ 20.8%
DEP / DAY
29
▼ 1.9%

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 33 arrivals and 29 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
3 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KWVI 270653Z AUTO 28003KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01560122

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
76% of ops
1,043 land · 1,140 TO
02
12% of ops
166 land · 48 TO
27
10% of ops
137 land · 50 TO
09
2% of ops
30 land · 30 TO
Runway 20 carries 76% of operations (1,043 landings, 1,140 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 02 at 12%.

Approach quality

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

20 1,043 landings
UA 5%
02 166 landings
UA 5%
27 137 landings
UA 9%
09 30 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 20 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (51 UA events from 1,043 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
54.6
flights/day · 1,639 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
34%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 54.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (65.0 vs 53.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

418 · 35%
130 · 11%
88 · 7%
80 · 7%
58 · 5%
55 · 5%
Activity is led by (35% of 1,203 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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