Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field
IZA · KIZA · Santa Ynez, California · Santa Barbara County · map
Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field is a public-use airport owned by the County of Santa Barbara, 1 mile southeast of Santa Ynez, California, 674 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,803 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 45 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 3 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 30,400 takeoffs and landings a year. About 31 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
Its FAA code is IZA, and its ICAO code is KIZA.
Where is Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
It is 1 mile southeast of Santa Ynez, California, 674 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 2,803 feet long, asphalt.
Does Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Sunwest Aviation INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field?
1 pilot examiner and 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 Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IZA · ICAO KIZA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Santa Barbara
- Elevation
- 674 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,803 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, hill 17 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.15 | |
| Iza and aWOS-3PT | 118.075 | |
| San Luis Obispo Center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.05 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 805-686-5325.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Santa Barbara Municipal (16 nm southeast), Lompoc Airport (20 nm west), Santa Maria Pub/Capt G Allan Hancock Field (26 nm northwest).
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
- Runway 26 takeoff recommended hdg 210 degrees at airport perimeter if safety pmt for noise abatement.
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 operates continuously.
- Fuel available 24 hours using automated system.
- Glider operations on dirt approach zone runway 26; gliders operg right traffic runway 26.
- Ultralight operations south of runway 08/26.
- Helicopters approach from north and south on east end of airport
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 38 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 30,400, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 450 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,820 |
| general aviation, local | 13,000 |
| military | 130 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Santa Ynez from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Ynez, California: 42 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 Ynez, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Sunwest Aviation INC 4 aircraft · Santa Ynez SunWest Aviation is a flight school and executive air charter operator based in San Luis Obispo, California, offering pilot training from private pilot to commercial and instrument ratings, aircraft rental, scenic flights, and charter servi
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Robin Leabman private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Above All Aviation · Goleta, CA (8 nm) · (747) 767-1711 · [email protected]
All 13 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 21 since 1982, 1 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 Santa Ynez 48 aircraft · 42 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprops
- Sunwest Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Pacific Southwest Industries INC 3 aircraft in town
- Hangar G-1 Aviaiton Partners LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Sunwest Aviation INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 21 since 1982 · 1 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IZA.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 27, 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.