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Flying N Ranch Airport

CA04 · Cottonwood, California · Tehama County · map

Flying N Ranch Airport is a private airport, 3 miles southwest of Cottonwood, California, 530 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,600 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA CA04
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
530 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
around the clock
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
On the chart
Klamath Falls sectional
Magnetic variation
17E
In the FAA's files since
January 1974

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1634N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
16/342,600 × 150 ftGrass
  • Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
  • Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern

Aircraft registered in Cottonwood from the FAA register

47 aircraft are registered to owners in Cottonwood, California: 38 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal

2025-04-29WPR25FA145 · Champion 7Eca N6310N · accident · 2 killed
2022-12-17WPR23LA074 · Royse Ralph L Glasair N9YA · accident · minor injuries

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

  • Restricted field.not recommended for student use.

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.