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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.

Current weather

From KFCS, 73 mi away (1CO5 does not publish METAR)

49m ago
Temp
89°F
Wind
8 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFCS 281755Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM CLR 32/14 A3016 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT W SLP130 T03190136 10319 20186 57008 $

Runway intelligence

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

08
84% of ops
57 land · 0 TO
18
16% of ops
11 land · 0 TO
36
0% of ops
0 land · 4 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 8 TO
Runway 08 carries 84% of operations (57 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 16%.

Approach quality

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

08 57 landings
UA 0%
18 11 landings
UA 0%
36 0 landings
UA 0%
26 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 08 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 57 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 · 33 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
91%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (1.4 vs 1.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 33 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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