General aviation field
Chico Regional Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 6,724 ft
- Field elevation
- 240 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 39.80, -121.86
Chico Regional Airport's 6,724 ft of runway is longer than most of the 152 jet-capable fields in California, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. The nearest city we publish corridors for is Napa, 112 miles away.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 112 mi46 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 159 mi55 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 428 mi1 h 41 mfrom $3,045one way, all‑in indicative
- 447 mi1 h 45 mfrom $3,176one way, all‑in indicative
- 467 mi1 h 48 mfrom $3,324one way, all‑in indicative
- 631 mi2 h 17 mfrom $4,486one way, all‑in indicative
- 681 mi2 h 25 mfrom $4,846one way, all‑in indicative
- 696 mi2 h 28 mfrom $4,953one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,669 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,324 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,435 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,203 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,726 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,233 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,606 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,068 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,489 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,586 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,751 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,784 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,845 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,870 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,845 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,751 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,253 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,640 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,709 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,177 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,842 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,344 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,953 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,523 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.