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CL56 ·
Ranchaero Airport
39.71960°N
-121.87100°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼
50.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▼
61.5%
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
51°F
Wind
6 kts
330°
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
32
62% of ops
25 land · 3 TO
14
38% of ops
15 land · 16 TO
Runway 32 carries 62% of operations (25 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 38%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
32
25 landings
UA 8%
14
15 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 32 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 25 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
2.5
flights/day · 75 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 6pm · 8pm
Day vs night
53%
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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