Chico Municipal Airport

Chico Municipal Airport Chico Army Airfield
USGS 2006 Orthophoto
IATA: CIC ICAO: KCIC FAA LID: CIC
Summary
Airport type	Public Use
Owner	City of Chico
Serves	Chico, California
Location	Chico, California, 4 miles (6 km) N of downtown Chico
Elevation AMSL	240 ft / 73 m
Coordinates	39°47′43″N 121°51′30″W / 39.79528°N 121.85833°W / 39.79528; -121.85833Coordinates: 39°47′43″N 121°51′30″W / 39.79528°N 121.85833°W / 39.79528; -121.85833
Maps
KCIC Location
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13L/31R 6,724 2,049 Asphalt 13R/31L 3,000 914 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 64 20 Concrete
Statistics (04/2012 - 04/2013)
Aircraft Operations 48,467 Based Aircraft 97
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Chico Municipal Airport (IATA: CIC, ICAO: KCIC, FAA LID: CIC), often called CMA, is four miles (6 km) north of Chico, in Butte County, California. The airport covers 1,475 acres (6 km²), has two runways and one helipad. The airport's fixed-base operator, "Northgate Aviation". , provides fuel, maintenance, flight training and charter flights. The airport has seen airline jets, but no passenger airline serves Chico since United Express ended flights to San Francisco.

Airlines at Chico were American Airlines regional affiliate American Eagle, Hughes Airwest, Pacific Express, Reno Air Express and WestAir operating as United Express.

Southwest Airways and its successors provided the only airline service into Chico from 1947 until June 1979. Two airlines flew jets from Chico: Hughes Airwest with Douglas DC-9s and, from 1982 to 1984, Pacific Express with BAC One-Elevens. Both airlines flew to San Francisco. Hughes Airwest also flew direct DC-9s to Seattle, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Portland, San Jose, and other cities. Prior to the DC-9 service, Air West flew Fairchild F-27s to San Francisco and Portland. From 1982 to 1984, Pacific Express operated one BAC One-Eleven departure a day to San Francisco with some flights making a stop in Sacramento. According to the February 1, 1984 timetable, the airline had a daily morning BAC One-Eleven nonstop to Sacramento continuing to San Francisco, Bakersfield and Santa Barbara. Other airlines included American Eagle, Reno Air Express and WestAir which flew smaller turboprops such as the BAe Jetstream 31 mainly to San Francisco or San Jose.