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Santa Margarita Ranch Airport satellite view

📍 Santa Margarita⬆ 987 ft1 runways

US-0248 ·

Santa Margarita Ranch Airport

35.39965°N

-120.61604°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 50.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 50.0%

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

From KSBP, 11 mi away (US-0248 does not publish METAR)

22m ago

Temp

67°F

Wind

15 kts

310°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KSBP 020056Z 31015KT 10SM CLR 19/10 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP157 T01940100

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

80% of ops

16 land · 4 TO

20% of ops

4 land · 0 TO

Runway 35 carries 80% of operations (16 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

35 16 landings

UA 6%

17 4 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 35 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 16 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

0.8

flights/day · 24 total

Busy hour (local)

12am

also 11pm · 1am

Day vs night

17%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12am–1am local, averaging 0.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.0 vs 0.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

5 · 23%

3 · 14%

1 · 5%

Activity is led by (23% of 22 flights). Top three types: , , .

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