Monterey Bay Academy Airport
CA66 · Watsonville, California · Santa Cruz County · map
Monterey Bay Academy Airport is a private airport, 4 miles west of Watsonville, California, 70 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CA66
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 70 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,200 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 10: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Watsonville Municipal (3 nm northeast), Marina Municipal (14 nm south), San Martin Airport (16 nm northeast), Monterey Regional (19 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Watsonville Municipal (3 nm northeast), Marina Municipal (14 nm south), San Martin Airport (16 nm northeast), Monterey Regional (19 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Enter traffic pattern from ocean side to avoid flying ovr Monterey Bay Academy buildings and horse stables.
- Airfield operations limited to daylight hours.
- In observance of seventh day adventist sabbath, please do not land on airfield from sunset fridays to sunset saturdays.
- Avoid overflying houses located above coast, 3/4 NM sse of the airfield.
- Student solo flights not recommended.
- Ongoing drone (UAS) act from surface to 10000 feet above sea level. Check NOTAMs.
- Flight below 1000 feet above ground level prohibited except in pattern over Monterey Bay national marine sanctuary.
- Ctn regarding agricultural operations, occasional irrigation on grass and people using dirt roads adjacent to runway. Recommended overflying airfield to obs operations adjacent to runway bfr landing. SI approach not advised.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Watsonville from the FAA register
71 aircraft are registered to owners in Watsonville, California: 49 piston singles, 11 helicopters, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Watsonville:
- Specialized Helicopters, INC 3 aircraft on the certificate Specialized Aviation operates helicopter and airplane tours, charter flights, and flight training from Watsonville and Hayward airports in California.
- San Francisco Helicopters, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Van Wagenen, Robert F 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Watsonville:
- Calibro Avionics, LLC Calibro Avionics is an FAA Part 145 certified repair station at Watsonville Airport specializing in transponder and air data (pitot-static) inspections for general aviation aircraft.
- Norcal Avionics LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Watsonville 71 aircraft · 49 piston singles, 11 helicopters, 3 business jets
- Parker Helicopter LLC 12 aircraft in town
- Monterey Bay Aviation INC 5 aircraft in town
- Parker Helicopters INC 4 aircraft in town
- Strawberry Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Specialized Helicopters, INC 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- San Francisco Helicopters, LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Van Wagenen, Robert F 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Calibro Avionics, LLC · repair station
- Norcal Avionics LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,080 since 1982 · 1,098 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,713 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA66.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 3, 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.