Santa Ynez Airport Kunkle Field | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Serves | County of Santa Barbara | ||||||||||
Location | Santa Ynez | ||||||||||
Opened | October 29, 1947 | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 671 ft / 205 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°36′25″N 120°04′32″W / 34.60694°N 120.07556°W | ||||||||||
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Santa Ynez Airport (Kunkle Field) (IATA: SQA, ICAO: KIZA, FAA LID: IZA) is a public airport located one mile (2 km) southeast of the central business district of Santa Ynez, in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. The airport covers 125 acres (51 ha) and has one runway (08/26), measuring 2,804 x 75 ft. (854 x 23 m).[4] The airport does not have a control tower but does offer some services, including 24-hour access to both 100LL and Jet A self-service fuel and tie-downs for transient aircraft.
Santa Ynez Airport is classified as a regional general aviation airport,[5] and averaged 83 aircraft operations per day in 2015: 55% transient general aviation, 43% local general aviation, 1% air taxi, and <1% military. There are 112 aircraft based at the airport, including 15 gliders and 6 ultra-lights; the remaining aircraft are helicopters (5), single-engine airplanes (78), and the remaining 8 aircraft are multi-engine. There are no jets based at the airport.[6]