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Melon Field

38.01530°N
-103.69900°W
ARR / DAY
1
55.6%
DEP / DAY
0
75.0%

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)

33m ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
19 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KFCS 122150Z AUTO 27019G24KT 10SM BKN150 OVC170 33/M02 A2994 RMK AO2 WSHFT 42 LTG DSNT N-NE SLP050 $

Runway intelligence

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

08
98% of ops
89 land · 0 TO
18
2% of ops
2 land · 0 TO
36
0% of ops
0 land · 0 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 5 TO
Runway 08 carries 98% of operations (89 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 2%.

Approach quality

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

08 89 landings
UA 0%
18 2 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 89 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
1.4
flights/day · 43 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 2pm
Day vs night
86%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 1.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (1.4 vs 1.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 43 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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