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CL56 ·

Ranchaero Airport

39.71960°N

-121.87100°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

Ranchaero Airport (CL56) is a small general aviation airport located in Chico, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,156 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

38m ago

Temp

57°F

Wind

4 kts

330°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRBL 040954Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM OVC050 14/13 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP116 T01390128

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

56% of ops

28 land · 0 TO

44% of ops

22 land · 20 TO

Runway 32 carries 56% of operations (28 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

32 28 landings

UA 7%

14 22 landings

UA 27%

Approaches to 32 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (2 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

1.8

flights/day · 53 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 7pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–7pm local, averaging 1.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.0 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (23% of 47 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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