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KWVI · Watsonville Municipal Airport

ICAO · US · 33 NTSB events

ID KWVI FAA WVI Elev 163 ft Lat 36° 56.14' N Lon 121° 47.40' W Zulu …

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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: 4,502 ft. Max gradient: 0.68%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
02 32.3° 4,502 ft 149 ft ASP Yes 0.40%
20 212.3° 4,502 ft 149 ft ASP Yes 0.40%
09 100° 3,998 ft 98 ft ASP Yes 0.68%
27 280° 3,998 ft 98 ft ASP Yes 0.68%

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 · 3 frequencies

  • ASOS ASOS 132.175
  • A/D NORCAL APP/DEP 127.150
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KWVI on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 2 matched · 21 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 PAPI Rwy 02, Rwy 09 and Rwy 20; REIL Rwy 02; MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI Rwy 02, Rwy 09 and Rwy 20; REIL Rwy 02; MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

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All translated remarks (2)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate PAPI Rwy 02, Rwy 09 and Rwy 20; REIL Rwy 02; MIRL Rwy 02–20. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT PAPI Rwy 02, Rwy 09 and Rwy 20; REIL Rwy 02; MIRL Rwy 02–20—CTAF

  • Airport attended 1700–0100Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1700–0100Z‡.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (21 sentences)
  • ·CALIFORNIA 313 WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI)(KWVI) 3 NW UTC–8(–7DT) N36º56.14´ W121º47.38´ 163 B NOTAM FILE WVI MON Airport RWY 02–20: H4502X149 (ASPH) S–81, D–96, 2S–122, 2D–167 MIRL 0.4% up N RWY 02: REIL.
  • ·PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 43´.
  • ·RWY 20: PAPI(P2L)—GA 3.0º TCH 44´.
  • ·RWY 09–27: H3998X98 (ASPH) S–45, D–65, 2S–83 0.7% up W RWY 09: PAPI(P2R)—GA 4.0º TCH 34´.
  • ·S6 FUEL 100, 100LL, JET A, G OX 4 LGT Rotating bcn opr SS–SR.
  • ·Rwy 20 PAPI unusbl byd 4.0 NM due to terrain.
  • ·Arpt has noise abatement procedures; see arpt website.
  • ·Seagulls on and invof arpt.
  • ·Prcht ops on arpt daily 1700–0400Z‡, landing area 1000 ft west of Rwy 20.
  • ·All deps prohibited on Rwy 27 due to rwy vis blocked by hangars.
  • ·Coastal fog during summer months.
  • ·Helicopter actvty on and invof arpt.
  • ·Glider towing rqr prior notification, ctc arpt office 831–768–3575.
  • ·Rwy 20 pref calm wind rwy; straight–in apch not rcmdd. 130´ trees 700´ right of Rwy 09 thld, 85´ trees 600´ left of Rwy 09 thld.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 831-768-3575
  • ·ASOS 132.275 (831) 724–8794.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 ®NORCAL APP/DEP CON 127.15 (136º–360º MRY) CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc NorCal Apch at 916-361-3748 or via VHF 127.15.
  • ·(L) DME 114.25 WVI Chan 89(Y) N36º56.35´ W121º47.13´ at fld. 150.
  • ·DME unusable: 030º–100º byd 30 NM blo 12,000´ 125º–130º byd 38 NM blo 6,500´ 240º–281º byd 29 NM 290º–029º byd 28 NM blo 12,500´ SALINAS (VH) (H) VORTACW 117.3 SNS Chan 120 N36º39.83´ W121º36.19´ 314º 18.6 NM to fld. 81/17E.
  • ·VOR unusable: 010º–016º byd 22 NM blo 7,000´ 010º–016º byd 26 NM blo 8,000´ 016º–080º byd 22 NM blo 8,000´ 109º–119º byd 40 NM blo 6,000´ 109º–119º byd 58 NM 135º–250º byd 40 NM 150º–170º byd 8 NM blo 10,000´ 295º–302º byd 40 NM 303º–313º byd 40 NM blo 18,000´ 314º–338º byd 40 NM 339º–349º byd 40 NM blo 18,000´ 350º–108º byd 40 NM TACAN AZIMUTH unusable: 010º–080º byd 22 NM blo 8,000´ 150º–200º blo 11,000´ 245º–255º byd 20 NM Aerobatic acft wi an area defined as .5 NM rds of SNS 357016.4 (5.3 NM W CVH), blo 3000´, avoidance advised SR–SS DME unusable: 010º–080º byd 22 NM blo 8,000´ 150º–200º blo 11,000´ LOC 108.3 I–AYN Rwy 02.
  • ·Unmonitored. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • HELIPAD H1: H20X20 (ASPH) HELIPAD H2: H40X40 (ASPH) SAN FRANCISCO L–3B IAP, AD SW, 22 JAN 2026 to 19 MAR 2026

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

IATA · WVI

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

33 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

34

since 1982

Fatal

6

17.6% of total

Last 5 years

7

≈ 1.4/yr

Last 10 years

8

≈ 0.8/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 181,000 ops in 1990

2024 total

60,000

10-yr total

610,200

2024 mix

AC/AT 0% · GA 100% · Mil 0%

Events / million ops

13.1

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

2.31

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=8

  • Other 3
  • Hard landing 1
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Midair / near-midair 1
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Stall / spin 1

All time · n=33

  • Other 10
  • Engine failure / power loss 7
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Controlled flight into terrain 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Runway excursion 2
  • Stall / spin 2
  • Gear-up landing 1

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

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2009-11-21 BUDD Lancair Legacy · CFIT · VMC · day →
2005-06-12 Cessna 210 · Gear-up · VMC · day →
2003-12-15 Cessna 182P · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2025-10-07 Mooney M20C · Other · VMC · day →
2024-09-20 Yakovlev,Beech YAK-50,S35 · Other · day →
2024-08-09 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SF50 · Stall / spin · day →
2023-11-29 Cessna 172N · Other · day →
2023-01-01 Cessna 172 · CFIT · VMC · day →
2022-08-18 Cessna,Cessna 152,340A · Midair / near-midair · VMC · day →
2021-03-28 COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2002 SIERRA · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2017-09-15 Cessna T210N · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2013-10-22 Tecnam P92 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2012-11-02 Cessna 140 · Ground collision · VMC · dusk →
2012-06-30 Tecnam P2002 SIERRA · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2012-06-24 Cessna 182 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2011-07-07 Mooney M20F · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
2007-04-26 Cessna 150L · Engine failure · VMC · day →
2007-01-30 Cessna 152 · Other · day →
2006-09-15 Grumman American AVN. CORP. AA-5 · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · night →
2003-08-30 Mooney M20C · Other · IMC · night →
2001-08-31 Cessna T210M · Engine failure · IMC · dusk →
1997-09-04 Bingelis FALCO F.8L · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
1997-05-23 Crosby GEE BEE SPORTSTER · Engine failure · day →
1995-11-07 COOKE KR-2 · Engine failure · VMC · day →
1994-01-30 Cessna 182 · Runway excursion · VMC · night →
1991-12-21 Cessna 210K · Fuel exhaustion · VMC · dusk →
1991-06-24 Cessna 182Q · Other · day →
1991-02-17 Curtiss-Wright E-4000 · Other · VMC · day →
1990-10-12 Cessna,Boeing 152,B75N1 · Other · VMC · day →
1990-03-11 Cessna 182Q · Other · VMC · day →
1983-09-19 Beech 55 · Other · VMC · day →
1983-07-22 Cessna T210N · Ground collision · IMC · day →
1983-01-22 Beech BE-60 · Runway excursion · IMC · day →

NASA ASRS reports · 1 de-identified report in the public ASRS Database Report Sets

Voluntary first-person accounts; they represent the reporter's perspective and cannot infer prevalence.

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
Margaret Watt Hollister CA 19 nm
Clayton Miles Conrad San Jose CA 22 nm
Jennifer Rayne Watson San Jose CA 22 nm
Brian Petschauer Burbank CA 24 nm
James Courtney Higgins San Carlos CA 41 nm
R Rohlfing San Carlos CA 41 nm
Geary Lee Padden Belmont CA 42 nm
Michael Healey Foster City CA 44 nm
Evan Paraskevopoulos Hayward CA 44 nm
Terence Wilson Alameda CA 53 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
Wells Edward Wenger Freedom CA 0 nm
Nathan Albert Lewis I Watsonville CA 1 nm
Robert Farel Van Wagenen Watsonville CA 1 nm
Hiro Patrick Yamoto Watsonville CA 1 nm
Ryan Edward Manning Watsonville CA 1 nm
Travis Townsend Smith Watsonville CA 1 nm
Scott William Berry Watsonville CA 1 nm
Paul Jeffrey Henrichsen Watsonville CA 1 nm
Joshua Daniel Liddle Watsonville CA 1 nm
Gustavo Alanis Jr Watsonville CA 1 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
Charles Lester King Freedom CA 0 nm
Atushi Poston Nagai Freedom CA 0 nm
Travis Wade Nansel Freedom CA 0 nm
Daniel Gregory Fraga Freedom CA 0 nm
Stanley Eugene Crawford Watsonville CA 1 nm
Robert Farel Van Wagenen Watsonville CA 1 nm
Hiro Patrick Yamoto Watsonville CA 1 nm
Gerver Antonio Melgar Monroy Watsonville CA 1 nm
Savannah Marie Adams Watsonville CA 1 nm
Alfred Lynn Dawson Watsonville CA 1 nm

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

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
NorCal Avionics, LLC
Watsonville, CA
 0 nm
Belardi Interiors, Inc
Watsonville, CA
 0 nm
T & P Aero Refinishers
Salinas, CA
 18 nm
Advancetech Aircraft Maintenance, Inc.
Salinas, CA
 19 nm
LAC Avionics, Inc.
San Jose, CA
 26 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Oakland, CA
Fremont, CA
 33 nm
Peninsula Avionics, LLC
Palo Alto, CA
 35 nm
Sullivan Propeller Specialists
Hayward, CA
 46 nm
Absolute Aero Maintenance
Hayward, CA
 46 nm
HF Hangars
Hayward, CA
 46 nm

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