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KCIC · CIC

Chico Municipal Airport

39.79540°N
-121.85800°W
ARR / DAY
15
16.3%
DEP / DAY
17
19.2%

Chico Municipal Airport (KCIC/CIC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chico, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,724 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
5 kts
120°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KCIC 041747Z 12005KT 10SM SCT040 19/10 A2996

Runway intelligence

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

13L
73% of ops
750 land · 1 TO
31R
16% of ops
169 land · 8 TO
31L
8% of ops
82 land · 129 TO
13R
3% of ops
28 land · 859 TO
Runway 13L carries 73% of operations (750 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31R at 16%.

Approach quality

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

13L 750 landings
UA 20%
31R 169 landings
UA 1%
31L 82 landings
UA 22%
13R 28 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13L show a 20% unstable-approach rate (148 UA events from 750 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
35.3
flights/day · 1,060 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 12am
Day vs night
51%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–6pm local, averaging 35.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (37.4 vs 36.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 785 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 121.000
TWR 121.000 0700-1900
TWR 239.300 0700-1900
GND 121.900 0700-1900
ATIS 119.675 0700-1900
UNICOM 122.950
AWOS 119.675
LCL/P 121.000 0700-1900
RED BLUF 132.200
OTHER 132.200
LCL/P 239.300 0700-1900
RED BLUF 350.300
OTHER 350.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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rstan
6/15/2020
(no subject)
Large facility - helpful FBO
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