Ocean Ridge Airport
E55 · Gualala, California · Mendocino County · map
Ocean Ridge Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles north of Gualala, California, 934 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,504 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Ocean Ridge Airport?
Its FAA code is E55.
Where is Ocean Ridge Airport?
It is 3 miles north of Gualala, California, 934 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ocean Ridge Airport?
Its one runway, 13/31, is 2,504 feet long, asphalt.
Does Ocean Ridge Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ocean Ridge Airport?
5 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ocean Ridge Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E55
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 934 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
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1964
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,504 × 50 ft | Asphalt, excellent |
- Runway 13: threshold displaced 402 ft, trees 85 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 305 ft, trees 40 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Ukiah Municipal (25 nm northeast), Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County (38 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Cloverdale Municipal (25 nm east), Ukiah Municipal (25 nm northeast), Little River Airport (30 nm north), Healdsburg Municipal (31 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
- Calmwind runway 31.
- Runway 13 approach ratio 22:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 31 approach ratio 32:1 to displaced thld.
- Deer frequently on runway.
- Extreme turb in windy conditions.
- Runway 13/31/ closed at night. No runway lights.
- Runway 13/31 closed to jets and ultralights.
- Runway 13/31 closed to aircraft over 8,000 pounds allowable TAKE-OFF gross weight.
- Runway 13/31 closed to touch and go landings.
- Runway safety areas have protruding or depressed drainage areas. Safety area south end has 100+ foot dropoff.
- Full stop landings only runway 13/31. Intersection takeoffs prohibited. Back taxi required runway 13. Full length takeoff only runway 13/31.
- Aircraft not visable from opposite ends of runway due to downward sloping terrain from runway MID-POINT south to runway approach end of runway 31( approx 15 feet drop).
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Gualala from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Gualala, California: 9 piston singles, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners.
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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 Gualala 10 aircraft · 9 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 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 27,655 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/E55.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 October 28, 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.