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1C8 ·

Cottonwood Airport

42.29170°N

-89.13620°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 162.5%

DEP / DAY

▲ 200.0%

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.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

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

29m ago

Temp

68°F

Wind

5 kts

60°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

KRFD 140354Z 06005KT 8SM FEW039 BKN110 OVC250 20/18 A3000 RMK AO2 PRESFR SLP154 FRQ LTGIC DSNT S-SW CB DSNT S-SW MOV SE T02000183 $

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

51% of ops

67 land · 4 TO

49% of ops

65 land · 30 TO

Runway 18 carries 51% of operations (67 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 49%.

Approach quality

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

18 67 landings

UA 3%

36 65 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 18 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 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

2.8

flights/day · 85 total

Busy hour (local)

4pm

also 1pm · 3pm

Day vs night

59%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.7× 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 72 flights). Top three types: , , .

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