Chino Airport
CNO · KCNO · Chino, California · San Bernardino County · map
Chino Airport is a public-use airport owned by the County of San Bernardino, 3 miles southeast of Chino, California, 650 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 08R/26L, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 590 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 243,226 takeoffs and landings a year. About 15 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCNO · observed 3:53 pm PDT (22:53 UTC), 38 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 15,000 feet
- Temperature 102°F (39°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.79 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCNO 062253Z 24011KT 10SM FEW150 39/11 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP080 T03890106
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CNO · ICAO KCNO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of San Bernardino
- Elevation
- 650 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 750 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1941
Runways 3

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08R/26L | 7,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,919 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08L/26R | 4,858 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 26L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,320 ft from the end
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 08L: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 65 ft high 1,571 ft from the end
- Runway 26R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 2,150 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.5 | Chino |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.85 | Chino |
| Ground | 121.6 | Chino |
| Tower (secondary) Runway 08R/26L | 120.125 | Chino |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace SOUTH-SW | 135.4 | Chino |
| Seter and star · Ziggy and star | 127.0 | Chino |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 909-393-5823.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 243,226, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Chino from the FAA register
179 aircraft are registered to owners in Chino, California: 138 piston singles, 13 piston twins, 12 business jets, 7 helicopters, 6 turboprops. 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 · 88 since 1982, 10 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
- When the control tower closed medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21, high-intensity runway lights runway 08L/26R, medium-intensity runway lights 08R/26L are turned on. PAPI runways 26R, 08R, 26L, 03, 21 and runway end identifier lights runways 03 and 21 oper continuously.
- Twin engine pattern altitude 1350 feet above ground level.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel available 24 hours.
- Radio controlled aircraft activity below 400 feet above ground level 2.5 NM south of airport
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.
