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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1974
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,600 × 150 ft | Grass |
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern, trees on the approach
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Redding Regional (10 nm north), Red Bluff Municipal (12 nm south), Benton Field (14 nm north), Chico Regional (40 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Redding Regional (10 nm north), Red Bluff Municipal (12 nm south), Benton Field (14 nm north), Haigh Field (39 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Restricted field.not recommended for student use.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Cottonwood from the FAA register
46 aircraft are registered to owners in Cottonwood, California: 37 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Iasco Flight Training INC 24 aircraft · Redding, 11 miles away
- Tres Amigos Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Redding, 11 miles away
- Grand Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Redding, 11 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Cottonwood 46 aircraft · 37 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters
- Iasco Flight Training INC 24 aircraft · flight school
- Tres Amigos Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Grand Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,686 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CA04.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.