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📍 Chico⬆ 173 ft1 runways

CL56 ·

Ranchaero Airport

39.71960°N

-121.87100°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 133.3%

DEP / DAY

▼ 16.7%

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

NORMAL

Current weather

From KBAB, 46 mi away (CL56 does not publish METAR)

1h ago

Temp

80°F

Wind

5 kts

200°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KBAB 070155Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM CLR 27/05 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP114 T02650054 $

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

59% of ops

29 land · 0 TO

41% of ops

20 land · 23 TO

Runway 32 carries 59% of operations (29 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 41%.

Approach quality

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

32 29 landings

UA 7%

14 20 landings

UA 20%

Approaches to 32 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 29 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

1.9

flights/day · 56 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 7pm · 4pm

Day vs night

64%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (2.5 vs 1.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 53 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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