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Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N
-122.21600°W
ARR / DAY
2
27.8%
DEP / DAY
1
46.7%

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 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

57m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
7 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDD 071453Z 35007KT 10SM CLR 19/06 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP160 T01890056 53012 $

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
67 land · 33 TO
15
29% of ops
27 land · 41 TO
Runway 33 carries 71% of operations (67 landings, 33 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 67 landings
UA 18%
15 27 landings
UA 37%
Approaches to 33 show a 18% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 67 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 · 119 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
60%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–4pm local, averaging 4.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (5.6 vs 3.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 114 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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