Chowchilla Airport
2O6 · Chowchilla, California · Madera County · map
Chowchilla Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chowchilla, 1 mile southeast of Chowchilla, California, 243 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,253 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2O6
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chowchilla
- Elevation
- 243 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1949
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,253 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ant 60 ft high 1,500 ft from the end
- Runway 30: right-hand traffic pattern, tower 50 ft high 500 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Chowchilla from the FAA register
43 aircraft are registered to owners in Chowchilla, California: 30 piston singles, 7 turboprops, 4 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Approach to runway 12 +35' powerlines 1150' from threshold on extndd runway centerline.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Ext 300
- 300 feet stopways at both ends of runway.
- 50 feet tower 300 feet left of runway 30 centerline.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.