Fresno Chandler Executive
FCH · KFCH · Fresno, California · Fresno County · map
Fresno Chandler Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Fresno, 2 miles west of Fresno, California, 280 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,627 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KFCH · observed 2:55 pm PDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 97°F (36°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.84 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 KFCH 062155Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 36/10 A2984 RMK A01
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 FCH · ICAO KFCH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Fresno
- Elevation
- 280 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,627 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 415 ft, road 15 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 538 ft, road 15 ft high 360 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure · Clearance delivery | 119.0 | |
| Approach (secondary) | 119.6 | |
| Fch and aWOS-3 | 135.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 559-488-1040.
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 Fresno from the FAA register
292 aircraft are registered to owners in Fresno, California: 203 piston singles, 28 turboprops, 22 helicopters, 17 piston twins, 15 business jets. 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 · 24 since 1982, 4 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
- Nmrs birds in vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; PAPI runway 12 and 30; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency between sunset to sunrise.
- VFR helicopter 520 feet above ground level, VFR 1020 feet above ground level.
- 100LL fuel available 24/7
- Approach ratio 46:1 from displaced threshold.
- Approach ratio 43:1 from displaced threshold.
- Practice landings and low approaches and tgl or STOP-AND-GO operations authorized only between 7:00 am to 10:00 pm.
- Runway 30 calm wind runway when wind reported by automated weather (AWOS) less than 5 knots.
- Runway 12 practice landings and low approaches and tgl or STOP-AND-GO operations not permitted due to noise sensitive residential areas southeast of airport.
- Aft takeoff climb on runway heading until passing 800 feet above sea level; for safety and noise abatement initial climbout at best RATE-OF-CLIMB recommended.
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.