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1C8 ·

Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N

-89.13620°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 52.4%

DEP / DAY

▲ 0.0%

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 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

22m ago

Temp

78°F

Wind

6 kts

60°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRFD 201754Z 06006KT 10SM CLR 26/09 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP184 T02560094 10256 20150 58002 $

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

54% of ops

37 land · 7 TO

46% of ops

31 land · 4 TO

Runway 36 carries 54% of operations (37 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 46%.

Approach quality

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

36 37 landings

UA 5%

18 31 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 36 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 37 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 · 78 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 1pm · 3pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.1 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 65 flights). Top three types: , , .

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