Identifier
WVI
Watsonville Municipal Airport Map Print (WVI)
WVI
KWVI
Watsonville, California
$55
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Colorway
White
Black
Navy
Sand
Blueprint
Night Ops
Hi-Viz
Finish
Fine Art Print pairs 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper with pigment giclée printing for rich color and a smooth matte finish. Supplied unframed. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat.
Framed Fine Art Print presents the same cotton paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame, with a white beveled mat and optical-grade clear acrylic. The mat is included, and hanging wire is already installed.
Glossy Metal Print brings vivid color to coated aluminum through dye sublimation. The glossy surface resists scratches and water; the included hidden mount positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall.
Size
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Printed in the USA
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- Museum-quality, 330 gsm cotton paper with pigment inks for rich color and fine detail. Ready for your own frame.
- Watsonville's runways and taxiways, composed as art for anyone who has spent time at the field.
- Seven colorways to suit the room. A considered gift for pilots, crew, and frequent flyers.
Description
A runway diagram map print of Watsonville Municipal Airport (WVI), made from the airport's own layout for the place it holds in your life. Choose your colorway and your format: a fine art giclée print on cotton paper, a framed fine art print, a glossy metal print or a digital download.
Your fine art print is made to order with pigment inks on heavyweight, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, a 330 gsm sheet with a high color gamut and deep black density. The acid-free, archival-grade paper has a smooth matte surface. Supplied unframed, ready for your own frame.
Shipping and Returns
Physical prints are made to order in 2 to 3 business days; shipping time is added on top and varies by your location and the method you choose. Standard shipping is free across the US. Orders containing only paper prints ship flat, though paper may retain a slight curl; orders with framed or metal pieces ship in separate boxes. Digital downloads are delivered by email, so there is nothing to ship.
The Digital Download is a JPEG at 300 dpi, sized for 24 by 30 inches. The digital add-on matches the selected physical print size at 300 dpi. Download links arrive by email and stay active for 30 days; save the file within that time and keep it for personal, non-commercial use. No physical item is shipped.
Physical products have a 30-day money-back guarantee. Contact us within 30 days of delivery to request a refund; we may require a return before issuing it.
Digital downloads are non-refundable once delivered, except where required by law or where AirportPrints determines that a delivery failure or technical issue was caused by AirportPrints.
Materials
Fine Art Print: pigment giclée printing on heavyweight 330 gsm (17 mil), 100% cotton Hot Press paper, on regularly calibrated giclée printers. The paper is acid-free and archival-grade, with a smooth matte surface and the high color gamut and black density that let a dark ground and fine linework keep their depth. Supplied unframed, with no added white margin, ready for your own frame.
Framed Fine Art Print: the same cotton fine art paper in a 1.25 inch solid wood frame. A white, acid-free, 4-ply mat with a 45-degree bevel and optical-grade, shatter-resistant clear acrylic (safer to ship than glass) are included. The print is mounted to foam core for a flat presentation, with a kraft paper dust cover and installed hanging wire on the back.
Glossy Metal Print: the image is transferred by dye sublimation into polymer-coated aluminum with a glossy white base. The 1.14 mm panel has a scratch- and water-resistant surface, with a hidden inset mount that positions it about 3/4 inch off the wall. Display indoors, away from direct sunlight.
Digital Download: a high-resolution JPEG for personal, non-commercial use. No physical paper, frame, or metal panel is included.
Dimensions
Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches.
Framed Fine Art Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches, measured across the mat and acrylic area inside the frame. The mat sits within that area, so the visible image is about 6 x 8, 12 x 16, or 18 x 24 inches. The outside frame is larger than the listed size.
Glossy Metal Print: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, and 24 x 30 inches. During sublimation, 1/8 to 1/4 inch of the artwork may be cropped, so the printed edge can differ slightly from the preview.
Digital Download: a 7200 x 9000 pixel JPEG at 300 dpi for 24 x 30 inch printing. A digital add-on instead matches the selected physical size: 8 x 10, 16 x 20, or 24 x 30 inches at 300 dpi.
Made like something you keep.
The field itself
This is Watsonville's own layout, the way its runways run and the taxiways thread between them, composed into a print you will want to look at every day. Not a stock template with a new name on it.
Museum-quality cotton paper
Heavyweight 330 gsm, 100% cotton Hot Press paper, acid-free and archival-grade. Its high color gamut and black density give the runways real depth, and pigment inks keep the fine detail crisp on a smooth matte surface.
Solid wood framing or glossy metal
Frame it in 1.25 inch solid wood, black, white or natural oak, with the white beveled mat, optical-grade clear acrylic and hanging wire included. Or choose glossy metal: dye sublimation into aluminum, floated about 3/4 inch off the wall on a hidden mount.
Watsonville Municipal
WVI · Watsonville, California
36.9357° N · 121.7896° W
Field elevation 163 ft
Field elevation 163 ft
ICAO code
KWVI
Field elevation
163ft
Runways
2
Magnetic variation
14°E
Runways
02/204,502 × 149 ft
09/273,998 × 98 ft
Composed from published airport information and available field depictions as original wall art. Learn how AirportPrints maps take shape.
Watsonville Municipal Airport Runway Diagram Print
Watsonville Municipal (WVI) prints as a clean X. Two runways cross in the upper half of the sheet: 02/20, the longer strip at 4,502 by 149 feet, runs as a steep diagonal from the bottom left corner up to the top edge, and 09/27, 3,998 by 98 feet, cuts across it on a near horizontal line. Both are asphalt. The field sits at 163 feet, and the crossing point falls high and left of center, which is what gives the whole composition its lean.
The shorter runway earns its place on the wall the same way it earns its place in the wind. 09/27 is the crosswind runway, used when winds favor it and when fog moves across the field from Monterey Bay. On the print that role reads plainly: a thinner bar meeting a heavier one at a wide angle, with pale taxiway loops threading around both ends and back toward the ramp.
The airport has a wartime chapter behind it. The Navy took control of the civilian field in 1943, added support buildings and a concrete ramp, and commissioned it as Naval Auxiliary Air Station Watsonville, a satellite of Naval Air Station Alameda. It returned to the City of Watsonville in 1947. Today the drawing carries that weight in its apron: a broad gray pad with ranks of hangar rows to the right of the crossing, and a second cluster trailing down the lower left beside runway 02.
It hangs as geometry first. Two dark bars, one gray field of pavement, a lot of quiet paper, then the identifier block, coordinates and field elevation set in the lower right. Small field, honest drawing, and it holds a hallway or a desk wall without shouting.
Watsonville (WVI) print, common questions
How many runways does Watsonville Municipal have?
Two. Runway 02/20 and runway 09/27 cross each other, and the print draws both, along with the taxiways and apron around them.
How long are the runways at WVI?
Runway 02/20 is the longest at 4,502 by 149 feet. The crosswind runway, 09/27, is 3,998 by 98 feet. Both surfaces are asphalt.
Where is Watsonville Municipal, and how high is the field?
Field elevation is 163 feet. The airport lies about three miles northwest of Watsonville, in Santa Cruz County, California, at roughly 36.9357 N, 121.7896 W. Those coordinates and the elevation are printed under the identifier.
Is the print accurate to the published airport layout?
Runway positions, lengths, widths and the angle where the two strips cross are plotted from published runway data for Watsonville Municipal. It is a design piece rather than a navigation chart, so fine details may be simplified or omitted. Markings, lighting, signage and small structures are the first things reduced.
What does WVI stand for?
WVI is the identifier assigned to Watsonville Municipal. It is the code you see on the print, set large in the lower right above the city and state line.
What sizes can I get, and does it work as a gift?
Each print is made to order in a range of sizes, in the colorway you choose. It is an easy gift for a pilot who trained here, a Santa Cruz County local, or anyone who has flown the pattern over the Pajaro Valley.
