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📍 Chico⬆ 173 ft1 runways

CL56 ·

Ranchaero Airport

39.71960°N

-121.87100°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

1h ago

Temp

96°F

Wind

11 kts

140°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRBL 262354Z AUTO 14011KT 10SM CLR 36/05 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP115 T03560050 10361 20289 56018 $

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

60% of ops

28 land · 16 TO

40% of ops

19 land · 3 TO

Runway 14 carries 60% of operations (28 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

14 28 landings

UA 14%

32 19 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 14 show a 14% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 28 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

1.0

flights/day · 31 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 8pm

Day vs night

65%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 1.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.0 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 31 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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