Watsonville Muni Airport

Welcome to California’s Central Coast and Watsonville Municipal Airport!

Please note that Watsonville Airport is surrounded by noise sensitive areas.

Airport Management requests pilots fly safely and with as little noise impact on our neighbors as possible.

Runway 20 is the preferred calm wind runway. During late Spring and throughout the Summer, during daylight hours coastal stratus may preclude the safe use of Runway 20. Under these conditions pilots consider a right hand pattern for Runway 27 to avoid stratus.

Safety always supersedes noise abatement procedures. Always comply with air traffic control instructions and other safety considerations caused by weather or emergencies.

COASTLINE:
The Monterey Bay coastline is part of a Marine Sanctuary with a recommended 1000’ MSL minimum altitude for overflight.

The homes along the coastline are extremely sensitive to aircraft overflight. Please remain at or above 1000’ AGL while transiting this area.

Please keep RPM and power settings as low as possible on arrivals.

- Use low RPM/cruise power settings on downwind.
- Avoid overflight of High School

Please use your aircraft’s quietest departure techniques.

- No turns below 900’ MSL
- Please, no full power climbouts on downwind departures over congested areas.
- Avoid overflight of high school.

Climb to TPA before turning

No turns before crossing the freeway

Runway 20 is the preferred calm wind runway.

During late Spring and throughout the Summer, during daylight hours coastal stratus may preclude the safe use of Runway 20.

Under these conditions pilots consider a right hand pattern for Runway 27 to avoid stratus.

Left traffic all runways, 1200’TPA.

- Be at TPA over the freeway on downwind leg to Runway 20.

- No touch-and-goes on Runways 9/27.

- Avoid overflight of the high school.

- During late Spring and throughout the Summer, during daylight hours coastal stratus may preclude the safe use of Runway 20.

Under these conditions pilots consider a right hand pattern for Runway 27 to avoid stratus.

Banner Tow operations require check in with Airport Office.