Chico Regional
CIC · KCIC · Chico, California · Butte County · map
Chico Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Chico, 4 miles north of Chico, California, 240 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 13L/31R, is 6,724 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 98 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 33,300 takeoffs and landings a year. About 12 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Chico Regional?
Its FAA code is CIC, and its ICAO code is KCIC.
Where is Chico Regional?
It is 4 miles north of Chico, California, 240 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chico Regional?
The longest of its 3 runways, 13L/31R, is 6,724 feet long.
Does Chico Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chico Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Chico Regional?
Airline flights go to 2 airports, the busiest of them Sacramento International, Redding Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Chico Regional?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Air Carriage INC and Butte Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chico Regional?
2 pilot examiners and 3 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chico Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CIC · ICAO KCIC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Chico
- Elevation
- 240 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1987
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13L/31R | 6,724 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H1 | 64 × 64 ft | Concrete, good |
- Runway 13L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 31R: VASI, four boxes on the left
- Runway 13R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.0 | Chico |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cic and aWOS-3 | 119.675 | Chico |
| Ground | 121.9 | Chico |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 | Chico |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 530-879-3850.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oroville Municipal (21 nm southeast), Red Bluff Municipal (28 nm northwest), Rogers Field (41 nm northeast).
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
- For jet/hvy aircraft oper east of field pattern altitude 1500 feet above ground level; for light aircraft oper west and east of field pattern altitude 1000 feet above ground level.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 13L; runway end identifier lights runway 31R; PAPI runway 13L; VASI runway 31R; high-intensity runway lights runway 13L/31R - the common traffic frequency.
- Birds on and in vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 420 departures from CIC in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers, to 2 destinations on 2 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chico Regional → Sacramento International CIC–SMF | 418 | 0 | Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc. |
| Chico Regional → Redding Regional CIC–RDD | 2 | 0 | Empire Airlines Inc., Federal Express Corporation |
All 2 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 80 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 2 |
| helicopters | 5 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 33,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 319 |
| air taxi and commuter | 5,266 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,308 |
| general aviation, local | 10,743 |
| military | 664 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chico from the FAA register
158 aircraft are registered to owners in Chico, California: 133 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 2 gyroplanes. 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, 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:
- Air Carriage INC 4 aircraft · Chico Air Carriage Inc, operating as Chico Flight Services, is a flight school based in Chico, California that provides pilot training from private pilot through airline transport pilot and certified flight instructor ratings.
- Butte Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Chico
Charter operators and airlines based in Chico:
- Enloe Medical Center 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Air Carriage, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate Air Carriage, Inc operates a flight school, aircraft rental service, and aircraft management business in Chico, California.
Repair stations in Chico:
- Air Spray USA INC Air Spray is an aerial firefighting operator based in Canada and the United States that provides wildfire suppression services using fixed-wing airtankers, amphibious scoopers, and air-attack aircraft across North and South America.
- Selken Enterprises INC
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative.
- scott roberson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Chico, CA (0 nm) · (650) 388-8197 · [email protected]
- Brett Rexford Mayes private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Williams, CA (46 nm) · (530) 330-4353 · [email protected]
All 7 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 6 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 Chico 158 aircraft · 133 piston singles, 6 piston twins, 6 helicopters
- Porter Flying Service INC 6 aircraft in town
- Northgate Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Air Carriage INC 4 aircraft in town
- Chico Air Museum 2 aircraft in town
- Enloe Medical Center 2 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air Carriage, Inc 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Air Carriage INC 4 aircraft · flight school
- Butte Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Air Spray USA INC · repair station
- Selken Enterprises INC · repair station
- Sacramento International (SMF) 418 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, Empire Airlines Inc.
- Redding Regional (RDD) 2 flights in twelve months · Empire Airlines Inc., Federal Express Corporation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 15 since 1982 · 6 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CIC.json.
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 26, 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.