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68CA ·

Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N
-122.21600°W
ARR / DAY
2
54.5%
DEP / DAY
2
14.3%

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 KO86, 50 mi away (68CA does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KO86 031415Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT014 BKN033 OVC060 12/12 A2992 RMK A01

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
74% of ops
71 land · 35 TO
15
26% of ops
25 land · 43 TO
Runway 33 carries 74% of operations (71 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

33 71 landings
UA 17%
15 25 landings
UA 36%
Approaches to 33 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 71 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
3.9
flights/day · 118 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 12am · 12pm
Day vs night
57%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 3.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (4.8 vs 3.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 115 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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