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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
2
41.7%
DEP / DAY
0
66.7%

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 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 11% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
78°F
Wind
6 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 281754Z 31006KT 10SM SCT050 26/14 A3016 RMK AO2 SLP209 T02560144 10278 20144 58004

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
62% of ops
42 land · 4 TO
18
38% of ops
26 land · 3 TO
Runway 36 carries 62% of operations (42 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 38%.

Approach quality

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

36 42 landings
UA 10%
18 26 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 36 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 42 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
2.5
flights/day · 75 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (3.5 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 59 flights). Top three types: , , .
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