Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County
STS · KSTS · Santa Rosa, California · Sonoma County · map
Charles M Schulz/Sonoma County is a public-use airport owned by Sonoma County, 6 miles northwest of Santa Rosa, California, 129 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 6,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1).
Weather right now KSTS · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am PDT (09:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSTS 061953Z 21005KT 10SM CLR 31/11 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP120 T03110106
TAF KSTS 061727Z 0618/0718 18008KT P6SM SKC FM070900 00000KT P6SM SKC
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 STS · ICAO KSTS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Sonoma County
- Elevation
- 129 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 5,202 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the right, right-hand traffic pattern, 5,880 ft available for landing, trees 17 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 135 ft high 6,400 ft from the end
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, 4,802 ft available for landing, trees 131 ft high 2,900 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 33 ft high 1,200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Santa Rosa |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Sts and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.55 | Santa Rosa |
| Ground | 121.9 | Santa Rosa |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Santa Rosa |
| Mount Tamalpais Center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 | Santa Rosa |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 707-573-8393.
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 Rosa from the FAA register
257 aircraft are registered to owners in Santa Rosa, California: 152 piston singles, 56 helicopters, 16 turboprops, 13 piston twins, 9 business jets. 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 · 32 since 1982, 6 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
- Existed prior to 5/15/59.
- For noise abatement procedures please visit the airport website at flysts.com
- When the control tower closed activate runway end identifier lights runway 14; approach lights (MALSR) runway 32; PAPI runway 02, 20, and 14; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude for small aircraft 1,000 feet above ground level and pattern altitude for large aircraft 1,500 feet above ground level.
- 100LL available 24 hours with credit card.
- Jet A1 available durg attendance hours.
- PAPI unusable beyond 5 degrees left of centerline
- Taxiway Z between runway 14/32 and taxiway a lmtd to S-20, D-40.
- Be alert for numerous flocks of birds on and in the vicinity of airport, including seasonally migratory geese.
- Deer on and in the vicinity 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.