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Melon Field

38.01530°N
-103.69900°W
ARR / DAY
1
61.1%
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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

58m ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFCS 300555Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/15 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP153 60006 T01840149 10259 20183 51011 $

Runway intelligence

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

08
89% of ops
67 land · 0 TO
18
11% of ops
8 land · 0 TO
36
0% of ops
0 land · 2 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 6 TO
Runway 08 carries 89% of operations (67 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 11%.

Approach quality

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

08 67 landings
UA 0%
18 8 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 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
1.7
flights/day · 52 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 2pm
Day vs night
88%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 1.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.6 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 52 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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