# Watsonville Municipal Airport (WVI / KWVI)

**Watsonville Municipal Airport** (IATA: WVI, ICAO: KWVI) is a small airport in Watsonville, California, United States. It opened in 1943. It has 2 runways; the longest is 4,502 ft (1,372 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: WVI / KWVI
- FAA: WVI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Watsonville, California, United States
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 163 ft / 50 m
- Coordinates: 36.9357, -121.7900
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 2
- Longest runway: 4,502 ft / 1,372 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches, 2 departures
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watsonville_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7974901
- Weather station: KWVI
- Ident: KWVI

## Timeline

- 1943: Watsonville Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 4,502 ft / 1,372 m | 149 ft / 45 m | Asphalt | 032° / 212° | yes |
| 09/27 | 3,998 ft / 1,219 m | 98 ft / 30 m | Asphalt | 100° / 280° |  |

- Also 2 helipads.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00805AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,502 ft / 1,372 m | =8,090 of 29,858 | =3,027 in North America | =2,494 in US |
| Elevation | 163 ft / 50 m | =34,951 of 43,403 | =15,910 in North America | =13,362 in US |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =1,078 in North America | =1,034 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 | 127.150 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 132.175 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kwvi/data