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Melon Field

38.01530°N
-103.69900°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Melon Field (1CO5) is a small general aviation airport located in Rocky Ford, CO, 52 mi east of Pueblo. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,780 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KPUB, 47 mi away (1CO5 does not publish METAR)

just now
Temp
57°F
Wind
8 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KPUB 302353Z AUTO 33008KT 8SM -RA OVC075 14/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP096 P0001 60011 T01390111 10172 20139 53011

Runways

2 installed

3,780 FT MAX
08/26
3,780 ft × 45
ASPH-F● LITNSTD
18/36
2,500 ft × 44
GRVL-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

08
92% of ops
24 land · 0 TO
36
4% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
18
4% of ops
1 land · 0 TO
Runway 08 carries 92% of operations (24 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 4%.

Approach quality

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

08 24 landings
UA 0%
36 1 landings
UA 0%
18 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 24 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
1.1
flights/day · 34 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.4 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

12 · 35%
3 · 9%
3 · 9%
3 · 9%
2 · 6%
2 · 6%
Activity is led by (35% of 34 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDV
Elevation:
4,260 ft
Mag var:
10° E
Fuel:
100LL
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