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Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N
-122.21600°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
1
50.0%

Lake California Air Park (68CA) is a small general aviation airport located in Cottonwood, CA, 48 mi north west of Chico. It features 1 runway measuring 3,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 0 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

From KRDD, 11 mi away (68CA does not publish METAR)

41m ago
Temp
87°F
Wind
8 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRDD 152053Z 19008KT 160V220 10SM CLR 31/09 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T03060094 58010

Runways

1 installed

3,000 FT MAX
15/33
3,000 ft × 75
ASPH-F○ unlit

Runway intelligence

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

33
65% of ops
71 land · 27 TO
15
35% of ops
39 land · 36 TO
Runway 33 carries 65% of operations (71 landings, 27 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

33 71 landings
UA 17%
15 39 landings
UA 46%
Approaches to 33 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 71 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
3.5
flights/day · 104 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 11pm · 6pm
Day vs night
59%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–6pm local, averaging 3.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.6 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (22% of 97 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Elevation:
615 ft
Mag var:
17° E
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