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📍 Chico⬆ 173 ft1 runways

CL56 ·

Ranchaero Airport

39.71960°N

-121.87100°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 0.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 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 0 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KRBL, 36 mi away (CL56 does not publish METAR)

27m ago

Temp

86°F

Wind

8 kts

200°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRBL 152054Z AUTO 20008G15KT 10SM CLR 30/09 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP175 T03000094 58012

Runways

1 installed

2,156 FT MAX

14/32

2,156 ft × 30

ASPH-P○ unlit

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

63% of ops

26 land · 17 TO

37% of ops

15 land · 2 TO

Runway 14 carries 63% of operations (26 landings, 17 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

14 26 landings

UA 38%

32 15 landings

UA 7%

Approaches to 14 show a 38% unstable-approach rate (10 UA events from 26 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

1.7

flights/day · 50 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 5pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.5 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (32% of 50 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Elevation:: 173 ft
Mag var:: 17° E
Fuel:: 100LL

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

rrobledo

12/18/2009

CL56/O23

This airport is O23 for the FAA

rrobledo

12/16/2009

code CL56

The FAA uses 'CL56' for Ranchaero Airport, Chico, CA

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