Ranchaero Airport
CL56 · Chico, California · Butte County · map
Ranchaero Airport is a private airport owned by Ranchaero INC, 1 mile west of Chico, California, 173 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,156 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CL56
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ranchaero INC
- Elevation
- 173 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,156 × 30 ft | Asphalt, poor |
- Runway 14: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, trees 10 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 20 ft high 230 ft from the end
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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Estabd prior to 1959.
- Airport surrounded by +20 feet orchard trees.
- Traffic pattern indicators only.
- Gross weight strength estimated provided by amgr 12000 pounds.
- Runway 14 +15 feet road 100 feet from; +35 feet trees 135 feet from; +10 feet trees 160 feet from runway end.
- Runway 32 orchard with +20 feet trees left and right 34 feet from runway end.
- Runway 14 approach ratio 13:1 to displaced thld over +40 feet trees 535 feet from displaced thld 120 feet L.
- Runway 32 approach ratio 21:1 to displaced threshold over +20 feet trees, 230 feet from eor, both sides of centerline
- Small cracks in pavement surface.
- Ultralights prohibited.
- Agriculture aircraft operns prohibited.
- Tgl prohibited.
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.