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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

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

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
72 land · 36 TO
15
26% of ops
25 land · 43 TO
Runway 33 carries 74% of operations (72 landings, 36 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 72 landings
UA 17%
15 25 landings
UA 36%
Approaches to 33 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 72 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
4.0
flights/day · 120 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 12am · 12pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (4.8 vs 3.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 117 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

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