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).
Weather right now KIZA · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 11 knots, gusting to 17
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 97°F (36°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KIZA 062155Z AUTO 28011G17KT 10SM CLR 36/11 A2983 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
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.