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📍 Rockford⬆ 741 ft1 runways
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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
2
26.7%
DEP / DAY
1
400.0%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 12% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Current weather

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

40m ago
Temp
94°F
Wind
8 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 011954Z 25008KT 10SM FEW050 SCT250 34/23 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP134 CB DSNT N-NE MOV E T03440228

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
58% of ops
36 land · 7 TO
18
42% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 58% of operations (36 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

36 36 landings
UA 11%
18 26 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 36 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 36 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
2.4
flights/day · 73 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
62%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (3.2 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 60 flights). Top three types: , , .
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