44CA Santa Cruz Ranch
Runway 9 — wind slightly favors it, low confidence
Based mostly on wind; no traffic or ATIS to confirm. No D-ATIS feed here — a voice ATIS/AWOS may exist; check the frequency. No ADS-B traffic data available.
certainty: 60% evidence: NONE no tower now
Wind 080° true at 3 kt · LIFR · 28 min old · from KCMA (32.3 nm away)
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Why — evidence behind this answer
Runway 9
- WIND 3 kt headwind, 1 kt left crosswind 28 min ago +0.10
Runway 27
- WIND 3 kt TAILWIND, 1 kt right crosswind 28 min ago -0.29
Sources consulted
| source | status | age | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| D_ATIS | UNAVAILABLE | No D-ATIS at this field | |
| METAR | OK | 28 min | Nearest station KCMA (32.3 nm away) |
| ADSB | UNAVAILABLE | No ADS-B track history here yet | |
| NOTAM | OK | ||
| CIFP | NOT_CONFIGURED | Instrument procedures: phase 4 |
Recent operations
No operations observed in the last hour. (No ADS-B track history here yet)
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44CA field & runways
Santa Cruz Ranch, Santa Barbara, California. Field elevation 420 ft. Non-towered (NON-ATCT). Private use. Magnetic variation 12.0°E on record, 11.6°E today.
The FAA's variation of record is the number this field was surveyed against; the second is where north points now, from WMM2025. It is moving 0.079°/year west — about 1° every 13 years — which is why runway numbers eventually stop matching their pavement.
| Runway | True | Magnetic | Number | Length | Surface | Pattern | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | 285.9° | 274.3° | matches rule gives runway 28 in ~9 yr | 1,697 ft | DIRT | ||
| 9 | 105.9° | 94.3° | matches rule gives runway 10 in ~9 yr | 1,697 ft | DIRT |
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