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CA73 ·

Vanderford Ranch Company Airport

39.09570°N
-121.71600°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Vanderford Ranch Company Airport (CA73) is a small general aviation airport located in Yuba City, CA, 33 mi north west of Roseville. It features 1 runway measuring 3,220 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KMYV, 8 mi away (CA73 does not publish METAR)

32m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMYV 281553Z AUTO 17008KT 10SM CLR 22/09 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP135 T02220089

Runways

1 installed

3,220 FT MAX
16/34
3,220 ft × 48
ASPH● LITLOW

Runway intelligence

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

34
68% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
16
32% of ops
8 land · 2 TO
Runway 34 carries 68% of operations (17 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 16 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

34 17 landings
UA 6%
16 8 landings
UA 25%
Approaches to 34 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 17 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
1.4
flights/day · 41 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
76%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (1.6 vs 1.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (28% of 40 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Elevation:
42 ft
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100
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