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Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N
-89.13620°W
ARR / DAY
3
75.0%
DEP / DAY
0
50.0%

Cottonwood Airport (1C8) is a small general aviation airport located in Rockford, IL. It features 1 runway measuring 2,540 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights.

Current weather

From KRFD, 7 mi away (1C8 does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
8 kts
70°
Visib
4023 m
Ceil
KRFD 131954Z 07008G15KT 020V090 2 1/2SM -RA BR FEW080 OVC110 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SFC VIS 3 SLP124 P0000 T02220211 $

Runways

1 installed

2,540 FT MAX
18/36
2,540 ft × 260
TURF-G● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

18
53% of ops
75 land · 4 TO
36
47% of ops
67 land · 30 TO
Runway 18 carries 53% of operations (75 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 47%.

Approach quality

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

18 75 landings
UA 3%
36 67 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 75 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
2.9
flights/day · 86 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
58%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (4.1 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 73 flights). Top three types: , , .
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