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68CA ·

Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N
-122.21600°W
ARR / DAY
2
30.8%
DEP / DAY
2
17.6%

Lake California Air Park (68CA) is a small general aviation airport located in Cottonwood, CA, 48 mi north west of Chico. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KRDD, 11 mi away (68CA does not publish METAR)

52m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
5 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDD 022153Z 33005KT 10SM BKN037 OVC049 18/13 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP147 T01780128 $

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
15/33
3,000 ft × 75
ASPH-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

33
70% of ops
57 land · 31 TO
15
30% of ops
25 land · 34 TO
Runway 33 carries 70% of operations (57 landings, 31 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

33 57 landings
UA 16%
15 25 landings
UA 32%
Approaches to 33 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 57 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
4.2
flights/day · 125 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 12am · 12pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (5.4 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 121 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Elevation:
615 ft
Mag var:
17° E

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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