Santa Cruz Ranch Airport
44CA · Santa Barbara, California · Santa Barbara County · map
Santa Cruz Ranch Airport is a private airport, 26 miles south of Santa Barbara, California, 420 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,697 feet of dirt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 44CA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 420 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 2019
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,697 × 60 ft | Dirt |
Aircraft registered in Santa Barbara from the FAA register
158 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Barbara, California: 110 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 10 business jets, 9 piston twins, 9 gliders. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.