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📍 Rocky Ford⬆ 4,260 ft2 runways

1CO5 ·

Melon Field

38.01530°N

-103.69900°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 33.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 100.0%

Melon Field (1CO5) is a small general aviation airport located in Rocky Ford, CO, 52 mi east of Pueblo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,780 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

From KFCS, 73 mi away (1CO5 does not publish METAR)

54m ago

Temp

59°F

Wind

6 kts

350°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KFCS 041255Z AUTO 35006KT 10SM CLR 15/07 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP118 T01500070 $

Runways

2 installed

3,780 FT MAX

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

87% of ops

20 land · 0 TO

13% of ops

3 land · 0 TO

Runway 08 carries 87% of operations (20 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 13%.

Approach quality

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

08 20 landings

UA 0%

18 3 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 20 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

0.6

flights/day · 18 total

Busy hour (local)

2pm

also 8pm · 3pm

Day vs night

72%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 0.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.1× weekday (1.0 vs 0.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

4 · 22%

2 · 11%

1 · 6%

Activity is led by (22% of 18 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDV
Elevation:: 4,260 ft
Mag var:: 10° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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