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.
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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1964
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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 |
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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).
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.