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68CA ·

Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N
-122.21600°W
ARR / DAY
1
28.6%
DEP / DAY
2
26.7%

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 1 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)

55m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDD 270853Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM CLR 19/04 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP121 T01890039 51006

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
71% of ops
36 land · 24 TO
15
29% of ops
15 land · 19 TO
Runway 33 carries 71% of operations (36 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

33 36 landings
UA 17%
15 15 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 33 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 36 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
3.4
flights/day · 103 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 12pm · 12am
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.6 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 99 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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