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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
3
200.0%
DEP / DAY
1
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 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

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

27m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
3 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 061554Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT020 SCT250 26/18 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP199 T02610183 $

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
71 land · 16 TO
18
42% of ops
51 land · 5 TO
Runway 36 carries 58% of operations (71 landings, 16 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 71 landings
UA 10%
18 51 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 36 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 71 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
2.9
flights/day · 88 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 8pm
Day vs night
55%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–8pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (3.9 vs 2.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 71 flights). Top three types: , , .
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