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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
3
0.0%
DEP / DAY
3
200.0%

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 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KBUU, 51 mi away (1C8 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
86°F
Wind
4 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBUU 312355Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 30/27 A2991 RMK AO2 T03040265 10337 20295 PWINO

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
70 land · 18 TO
18
37% of ops
41 land · 4 TO
Runway 36 carries 63% of operations (70 landings, 18 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 70 landings
UA 10%
18 41 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 36 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 70 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 · 85 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–8pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (3.8 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (39% of 71 flights). Top three types: , , .
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