# Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip (44CA)

**Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip** (FAA: 44CA) is a small airport in Santa Cruz Island, California, United States. It opened in Nov 2019. It has one runway, 1,697 ft (517 m) long, dirt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1187

## At a glance

- FAA: 44CA
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Santa Cruz Island, California, United States
- Opened: Nov 2019
- Elevation: 420 ft / 128 m
- Coordinates: 33.9895, -119.6802
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,697 ft / 517 m
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Weather station: KOXR
- Ident: US-1187

## Timeline

- Nov 2019: Santa Cruz Ranch Airstrip opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,697 ft / 517 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Dirt |  |  |

- 09/27 slopes 5.6%: threshold 27 at 325 ft / 99 m, threshold 09 at 420 ft / 128 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,697 ft / 517 m | #26,996 of 29,858 | #13,606 in North America | #12,093 in US |
| Elevation | 420 ft / 128 m | =28,624 of 43,403 | =13,530 in North America | =11,358 in US |
| Age | Opened 2019 | =13,814 of 15,079 | =11,044 in North America | =10,905 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-5852](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5852.md) Smugglers Cove Airport · 8.4 mi / 14 km
- [CA97](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ca97.md) Christy Airstrip · 10 mi / 16 km
- [SZN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kszn.md) Santa Cruz Island Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [US-0229](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0229.md) Bechers Bay Airstrip · 21 mi / 34 km
- [OXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koxr.md) Oxnard Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [SBA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksba.md) Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · 32 mi / 51 km

## In collections

- [Steepest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/steepest-runways) #34

## 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)
- [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/us-1187/data