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📍 Rockford⬆ 741 ft1 runways
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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
2
41.7%
DEP / DAY
0
66.7%

Cottonwood Airport (1C8) is a small general aviation airport located in Rockford, IL. It features 1 runway measuring 2,540 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 11% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Current weather

From KRFD, 7 mi away (1C8 does not publish METAR)

42m ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
4 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 281454Z VRB04KT 10SM CLR 22/17 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP213 T02220167 51005

Runways

1 installed

2,540 FT MAX
18/36
2,540 ft × 260
TURF-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

36
63% of ops
44 land · 4 TO
18
37% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 63% of operations (44 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 37%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

36 44 landings
UA 9%
18 26 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 36 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 44 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
2.6
flights/day · 77 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (3.5 vs 2.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (28% of 61 flights). Top three types: , , .
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