1C8
Cottonwood Airport
Cottonwood Airport (1C8) is a general-aviation airfield serving Rockford, Illinois. The field lies at 741 ft (226 m) above sea level and has a single runway of 2,540 ft (774 m), grass and lit. Its nearest neighbour is LZ Fairwinds Airport (LL78), 1 nm NNW.
Cottonwood Airport is a smaller field, so Alārium does not attribute movements to it directly — but aircraft flying near it appear on the live map like any other, at their real altitude and on their real track.
Location
- Elevation
- 741 ft (226 m)
- Coordinates
- 42.2917, -89.1362
- Serving
- Rockford
- Region
- Illinois
- Time zone
- America/Chicago
Runways1 · longest 2,540 ft
The diagram is drawn from published threshold coordinates, so each runway sits where it actually sits — true bearings, true separations, true lengths. Runway widths are exaggerated against length, which at true proportion would draw a hairline. It is a diagram, not a chart to navigate by.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,540 ft774 m | 260 ft | Grass | Lit |
Nearby airfields
Runway and field data from the OurAirports public-domain dataset. Positions are ADS-B, which covers most but not all aircraft.