Chico Regional Airport

Chico Municipal Airport
IATA: CIC ICAO: KCIC FAA LID: CIC
Summary
Airport type	City of Chico
Owner	City of Chico
Standort	4 miles (6 km) N
Elevation AMSL	72.5 ft / 22 m
Coordinates	39°47′43″N 121°51′30″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13L/31R 6,724 2,049 Asphalt 13R/31L 3,005 916 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 64 20 Concrete

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Location of Chico Municipal Airport, California

Chico Municipal Airport (IATA: CIC, ICAO: KCIC, FAA LID: CIC) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) north of the central business district (CBD) of Chico, a city in Butte County, California, United States. The airport covers 1,475 acres (6 km²) and has two runways and one helipad. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is served by one commercial airline. The airport's fixed base operator, "Northgate Aviation"., provides fuel, maintenance, flight training and charter flights for business and personal travel.

Airline

Airlines	Destinations
United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines	San Francisco

History

During the late 1930s the City of Chico acquired approximately 160 acres (0.6 km²) of land five miles (8 km) north of what was then the City limits and constructed an airport hangar and runway. Until 1941, this original facility was leased to a fixed-base operator. During 1941 the City acquired an additional 1,000 acres (4 km²) for the purpose of leasing the Airport to the United States Government.

During World War II, the Airport was leased to the U.S. Government on a "Dollar a Year Lease" for the purpose of constructing and operating an United States Army Air Forces Basic Training Air Field. Chico Army Airfield was under the command of the 10th Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF West Coast Training Center, Fourth Air Force. Chico Army Airfield was a major training site for thousands of pilots, both as a primary training base flying BT-13s, and for advanced gunnery and multi-engine training in P-38, P-39, P-63, B-17, B-29s.

Chico AAF also had five auxiliary landing fields:

• Orland Auxiliary Field No. 1
• Kirkwood Auxiliary Field No. 2
• Vina Auxiliary Field No. 3
• Campbell Auxiliary Field No. 4
• Oroville Auxiliary Field No. 5

After the war, the City negotiated an agreement by which the airport property was returned to the City, together with the bulk of improvements which had been constructed by the Army.

A Titan-I ICBM was located on the north side of the airport from 1962-1965, part of the Beale AFB's 851st Strategic Missile Squadron system of several ICBMs centered around Marysville. Its formal designation was Beale 851-C. It is now dismantled.

See also

• California World War II Army Airfields
• Aero Union

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

• Shaw, Frederick J. (2004), Locating Air Force Base Sites History’s Legacy, Air Force History and Museums Program, United States Air Force, Washington DC, 2004.
• Manning, Thomas A. (2005), History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. Office of History and Research, Headquarters, AETC, Randolph AFB, Texas ASIN: B000NYX3PC

External links

• Chico Municipal Airport
• FAA Airport Form 5010 for CIC PDF
• FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective September 5, 2024
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for CIC
  • AirNav airport information for KCIC
  • ASN accident history for CIC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures