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68CA ·

Lake California Air Park

40.36110°N

-122.21600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 33.3%

DEP / DAY

▲ 260.0%

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 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

64% of ops

75 land · 30 TO

36% of ops

43 land · 36 TO

Runway 33 carries 64% of operations (75 landings, 30 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 15 at 36%.

Approach quality

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

33 75 landings

UA 16%

15 43 landings

UA 51%

Approaches to 33 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 75 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

3.6

flights/day · 107 total

Busy hour (local)

12pm

also 11pm · 4pm

Day vs night

60%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 3.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (3.6 vs 3.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 101 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZOA
Elevation:: 615 ft
Mag var:: 17° E

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