# Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS / KSTS)

**Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport** (IATA: STS, ICAO: KSTS) is a medium airport in Santa Rosa, California, United States. It opened in Jun 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,000 ft (1,829 m). It is operated by County of Sonoma. In 2025 it handled 773 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksts

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: STS / KSTS
- FAA: STS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: County of Sonoma
- Serves: Santa Rosa, California, United States
- Opened: Jun 1942 (Wikipedia)
- Elevation: 129 ft / 39 m
- Coordinates: 38.5090, -122.8130
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,000 ft / 1,829 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 4 departures, 2 arrivals
- Passengers: 772,598 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.sonomacountyairport.org
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz%E2%80%93Sonoma_County_Airport (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1837097
- Weather station: KSTS
- Ident: KSTS

## Timeline

- Jun 1942: Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 157° / 337° | yes |
| 02/20 | 5,202 ft / 1,586 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 029° / 209° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00696AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 238,320 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 272,022 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 338,890 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 400,502 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 432,839 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 477,111 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 193,001 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 429,527 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 606,671 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 635,007 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 764,953 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 772,598 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

14 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (10)

- [BUR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbur.md) Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport · United States · 387 mi / 623 km · Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines
- [LAX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klax.md) Los Angeles International Airport · United States · 400 mi / 643 km · Alaska Airlines
- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · United States · 423 mi / 681 km · Alaska Airlines
- [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · United States · 433 mi / 697 km · Alaska Airlines
- [LAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klas.md) Harry Reid International Airport · United States · 453 mi / 729 km · Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines
- [PDX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdx.md) Portland International Airport · United States · 489 mi / 787 km · Alaska Airlines
- [SAN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksan.md) San Diego International Airport · United States · 509 mi / 819 km · Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines
- [SLC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslc.md) Salt Lake City International Airport · United States · 597 mi / 961 km · Delta Connection
- [SEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksea.md) Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · United States · 618 mi / 995 km · Alaska Airlines
- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 974 mi / 1,568 km · Southwest Airlines

### Seasonal (4)

- [PSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsp.md) Palm Springs International Airport · United States · 477 mi / 768 km · Alaska Airlines
- [BOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kboi.md) Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · United States · 490 mi / 788 km · Alaska Airlines
- [PHX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphx.md) Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · United States · 698 mi / 1,123 km · Alaska Airlines
- [AUS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaus.md) Austin Bergstrom International Airport · United States · 1,539 mi / 2,477 km · Southwest Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from STS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- XP [Avelo Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/avelo-airlines)

### Passenger (3)

- AS [Alaska Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/alaska-airlines) · 11
- WN [Southwest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/southwest-airlines) · 5
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 773K (2025) | #925 of 3,974 | #225 in North America | #158 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,000 ft / 1,829 m | =4,614 of 29,858 | =1,310 in North America | =1,036 in US |
| Elevation | 129 ft / 39 m | =35,968 of 43,403 | =16,324 in North America | =13,685 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | NORCAL APP/DEP | 127.800 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 120.550 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.500 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | SANTA ROSA TWR | 118.500 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [UKI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuki.md) Ukiah Municipal Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [SUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksuu.md) Travis Air Force Base · 51 mi / 82 km
- [CCR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kccr.md) Buchanan Field · 54 mi / 88 km
- [OAK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koak.md) Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 63 mi / 102 km
- [SFO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfo.md) San Francisco International Airport · 66 mi / 106 km
- [SMF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksmf.md) Sacramento International Airport · 67 mi / 108 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_M._Schulz–Sonoma_County_Airport&oldid=1376119105), revision of 22 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksts/data
