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1C8 ·

Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N

-89.13620°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Cottonwood Airport (1C8) is a small general aviation airport located in Rockford, IL. It features 1 runway measuring 2,540 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

37m ago

Temp

87°F

Wind

3 kts

200°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRFD 042354Z 20003KT 10SM FEW120 BKN250 31/25 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T03060250 10339 20306 53003

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

58% of ops

69 land · 15 TO

42% of ops

50 land · 5 TO

Runway 36 carries 58% of operations (69 landings, 15 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 69 landings

UA 10%

18 50 landings

UA 6%

Approaches to 36 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 69 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

2.8

flights/day · 83 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 4pm · 8pm

Day vs night

57%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (3.4 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 67 flights). Top three types: , , .

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