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KSTS · Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport

ICAO · US · 32 NTSB events

ID KSTS FAA STS Elev 128 ft Lat 38° 30.54' N Lon 122° 48.78' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 6,000 ft. Max gradient: 0.29%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
14 157° 6,000 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.17%
32 337° 6,000 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.17%
02 029° 5,202 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.29%
20 209° 5,202 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.29%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 6 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 120.550
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR SANTA ROSA TWR 118.500
  • CTAF CTAF 118.500
  • A/D NORCAL APP/DEP 127.800
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 3 matched · 7 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 14; MALSR RWY 32; PAPI RWY 02, 20, & 14; HIRL RWY 14/32; MIRL RWY 02/20; TWY LGTS. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 14; MALSR RWY 32; PAPI RWY 02, 20, & 14; HIRL RWY 14/32; MIRL RWY 02/20; TWY LGTS. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (3)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL RWY 14; MALSR RWY 32; PAPI RWY 02, 20, & 14; HIRL RWY 14/32; MIRL RWY 02/20; TWY LGTS. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    ACTVT REIL RWY 14; MALSR RWY 32; PAPI RWY 02, 20, & 14; HIRL RWY 14/32; MIRL RWY 02/20; TWY LGTS - CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    DEER ON AND INVOF ARPT.

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    BIRDS ON AND INVOF AIRPORT, INCLUDING SEASONALLY MIGRATORY GEESE.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (7 sentences)
  • ·WHEN ATCT CLSD, FOR CD CTC OAKLAND ARTCC AT 510-745-3380.
  • ·TWY Z BTN RWY 14/32 & TWY A LMTD TO S-20, D-40.
  • ·SAMONAE CARTER, ASST ARPT MGR, PHONE 707- 565-7245.
  • ·PCR VALUE: 309/F/C/X/T PCR VALUE: 454/F/C/X/T PAPI UNUSBL BYD 5 DEG LEFT OF CNTRLN 100LL AVBL 24 HRS WITH CREDIT CARD.
  • ·JET A1 AVBL DURG ATTENDANCE HRS.
  • ·EXISTED PRIOR TO 5/15/59.
  • ·TPA FOR SMALL ACFT 1,000 FT AGL AND TPA FOR LARGE ACFT 1,500 FT AGL.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

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FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

32 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

35

since 1982

Fatal

6

17.1% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

3

≈ 0.3/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 162,965 ops in 1992

2024 total

82,129

10-yr total

825,158

2024 mix

AC/AT 23% · GA 77% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

3.6

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.62

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=2

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Gear-up landing 1

All time · n=32

  • Other 12
  • Hard landing 4
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 3
  • Ground collision 2
  • Stall / spin 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Weather · spatial dis / IMC 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2010-07-31 Boeing,Cessna PT-13B,172M · Ground collision · VMC · day →
2009-05-07 Cessna T210G · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2008-06-05 Cessna 172 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · dusk →
2023-09-05 Cessna T210H · Gear-up · VMC · night →
2023-08-19 Cessna 172H · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · day →
2016-01-28 Piper PA 24-260 · CFIT · IMC · night →
2014-11-15 CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO E162 · Hard landing · day →
2014-09-01 Cessna 152 · Hard landing · day →
2009-03-07 Robert Frisbey RV4 · Other · VMC · day →
2005-11-09 Beech F33A · CFIT · night →
2005-02-15 Beech 95 · Loss of control · day →
2004-09-28 Bell 222U · Engine failure · day →
2004-05-30 Cessna T210M · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2001-12-24 Cessna T210M · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night →
2001-04-14 Arthur Lee Beer ALB Special · Other · VMC · day →
2000-10-04 Cessna 182S · Weather IMC · IMC · day →
1998-09-22 Bellanca 14-13-2 · Stall / spin · day →
1998-03-08 Cessna 182 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1996-06-30 Rominger EYAS · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1996-06-28 Cessna 152 · Hard landing · VMC · day →
1995-09-02 Bellanca 7GCBC · Other · VMC · day →
1994-02-23 Piper PA-28-140 · Ground collision · VMC · day →
1990-05-01 Piper PA28-140 · Other · VMC · day →
1990-04-02 Cessna 152 · Other · VMC · day →
1989-12-29 McDonnell Douglas 369E · Other · VMC · day →
1988-05-27 Cessna 175C · Other · VMC · day →
1988-01-14 Cessna 195 · Other · day →
1983-12-09 Beech 58TC · Other · IMC · day →
1983-08-17 Piper PA-28-181 · Other · dawn →
1982-09-26 North American SNJ-6 · Other · day →
1982-09-24 Mooney M20K · Under/overshoot · IMC · day →
1982-08-15 Cessna 152 · Other · day →

Designees in CA

CFI Flight Instructors 5,776 A&P Mechanics 22,561 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 139 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 25 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 17 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 20 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 45 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 66 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 126 TCE Training Center Evaluators (TCE) 38 ODA Organizational Designations 11 Schools Flight Schools 243 FBO Fixed Base Operators 209 Clubs Flying Clubs 82 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 56 EAA EAA Chapters 63

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Brett Rexford Mayes Williams CA 50 nm
Jonathan Baror Davis CA 51 nm
Mark Pollard Walnut Creek CA 52 nm
Terence Wilson Alameda CA 53 nm
John Erich Sawatzky Oakley CA 61 nm
Michael Healey Foster City CA 63 nm
Evan Paraskevopoulos Hayward CA 63 nm
Robert Frankovich Sacramento CA 63 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 65 nm
James Courtney Higgins San Carlos CA 66 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
John Albert Clark Windsor CA 2 nm
Jeffrey Kevin Hazlegrove Windsor CA 2 nm
Lynn Caldwell Hunt Windsor CA 2 nm
Robert Eugene Starr Windsor CA 2 nm
Frederick William Romberg Jr Windsor CA 2 nm
Garrett Frederick Krambs Forestville CA 4 nm
Jack Valiant Cabot Santa Rosa CA 6 nm
Gary Allen Cox Santa Rosa CA 6 nm
Louis Stephen De Propris Santa Rosa CA 6 nm
Austin Michael Dito Santa Rosa CA 6 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Lynn Caldwell Hunt Windsor CA 2 nm
Steven Gregory Penning Windsor CA 2 nm
Jeffrey Thomas Cornett Windsor CA 2 nm
Mark Charles Dietrich Windsor CA 2 nm
William Gerald Seubert Windsor CA 2 nm
Victor A Viti Windsor CA 2 nm
Stephen Joseph Pass Windsor CA 2 nm
Tom Fuentes Windsor CA 2 nm
Kent Alston Long Windsor CA 2 nm
John Edward Williams Iii Windsor CA 2 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
PropJet 210 Aviation, Inc.
Windsor, CA
 1 nm
Direct Avionics
Novato, CA
 25 nm
Lake Aero Styling & Repair
Lakeport, CA
 29 nm
Davis Air Repair, Inc.
Davis, CA
 48 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
 61 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
 61 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
 61 nm
Axcess Aviation Maintenance Services, Inc.
Mcclellan, CA
 67 nm
Elite Air Interiors
Mather, CA
 71 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
 71 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.