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📍 Chico⬆ 173 ft1 runways

CL56 ·

Ranchaero Airport

39.71960°N

-121.87100°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 66.7%

DEP / DAY

▼ 83.3%

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)

53m ago

Temp

71°F

Wind

6 kts

130°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRBL 261154Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP133 T02170128 10267 20200 53015 $

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

58% of ops

31 land · 16 TO

42% of ops

22 land · 3 TO

Runway 14 carries 58% of operations (31 landings, 16 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

14 31 landings

UA 13%

32 22 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 14 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 31 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

1.1

flights/day · 33 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 8pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (1.0 vs 1.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 33 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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