Christy Airstrip Airport
CA97 · Santa Barbara, California · Santa Barbara County · map
Christy Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 26 miles southwest of Santa Barbara, California, 250 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,507 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 CA97
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 250 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,507 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Santa Barbara Municipal (24 nm north), Oxnard Airport (34 nm east), Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field (37 nm north), Camarillo Airport (39 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Santa Barbara Municipal (24 nm north), Oxnard Airport (34 nm east), Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field (37 nm north), Camarillo Airport (39 nm east).
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
- Pvt landing strip - trespassers prosecuted.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
Fuel and service companies in Santa Barbara, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Charter operators and airlines based in Santa Barbara:
- Silver Air (Scott Aviation, LLC) 15 aircraft on the certificate
- Above All Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate Above All Aviation is a flight school, flying club, charter operator, and aircraft maintenance facility based in Santa Barbara, California.
- Jacob Stern and Sons, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Santa Barbara 158 aircraft · 110 piston singles, 10 turboprops, 10 business jets
- Above All Aviation INC 8 aircraft in town
- Extreme Air LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Red Baron Leasing LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Santa Barbara County Sheriffs Department 2 aircraft in town
- Pacific FBO Properties LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Silver Air (Scott Aviation, LLC) 15 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Above All Aviation, Inc. 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Jacob Stern and Sons, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 7 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,610 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA97.json.
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 23, 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.