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CL56 ·
Ranchaero Airport
39.71960°N
-121.87100°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲
16.7%
DEP / DAY
1
▲
100.0%
Ranchaero Airport (CL56) is a small general aviation airport located in Chico, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,156 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
From KRBL, 36 mi away (CL56 does not publish METAR)
Temp
95°F
Wind
10 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
14/32
2,156 ft × 30
ASPH-P○ unlit
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
14
50% of ops
15 land · 11 TO
32
50% of ops
15 land · 0 TO
Runway 14 carries 50% of operations (15 landings, 11 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 50%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
14
15 landings
UA 40%
32
15 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 14 show a 40% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 15 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
1.8
flights/day · 54 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 1am
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZOA
- Elevation:
- 173 ft
- Mag var:
- 17° E
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
2
Pilot & community notes
2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)
RR
rrobledo
12/18/2009
This airport is O23 for the FAA
RR
rrobledo
12/16/2009
The FAA uses 'CL56' for Ranchaero Airport, Chico, CA
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