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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
2
27.8%
DEP / DAY
1
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 (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 10% of observed flights.

Current weather

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

41m ago
Temp
93°F
Wind
9 kts
220°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRFD 022154Z 22009KT 10SM FEW120 BKN250 34/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP121 T03390211

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
61 land · 12 TO
18
38% of ops
37 land · 4 TO
Runway 36 carries 62% of operations (61 landings, 12 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 61 landings
UA 11%
18 37 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 36 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 61 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)
4pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (3.9 vs 2.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 70 flights). Top three types: , , .
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