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📍 Rockford⬆ 741 ft1 runways

1C8 ·

Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N

-89.13620°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 45.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 300.0%

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 11% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

26m ago

Temp

77°F

Wind

8 kts

10°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

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KRFD 031454Z 01008KT 7SM -TSRA FEW027 BKN055CB BKN075 OVC250 25/23 A2999 RMK AO2 WSHFT 1426 RAB15 TSB40 SLP148 OCNL LTGIC N-NE TS N-NE MOV E P0001 60001 T02500228 53016

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 · 14 TO

42% of ops

49 land · 5 TO

Runway 36 carries 58% of operations (69 landings, 14 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 49 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

2.7

flights/day · 82 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 3pm · 8pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 4pm–8pm local, averaging 2.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (3.4 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 66 flights). Top three types: , , .

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