# Cottonwood Airport (1C8)

**Cottonwood Airport** (FAA: 1C8) is a small airport in Rockford, Illinois, United States. It opened in Apr 1947. It has one runway, 2,540 ft (774 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/1c8

## At a glance

- FAA: 1C8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Apr 1947
- Elevation: 741 ft / 226 m
- Coordinates: 42.2917, -89.1362
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,540 ft / 774 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35250571
- Weather station: KRFD · WMO 72543
- Ident: 1C8

## Timeline

- Apr 1947: Cottonwood Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,540 ft / 774 m | 260 ft / 79 m | Grass |  | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,540 ft / 774 m | =20,336 of 29,858 | =8,970 in North America | =7,720 in US |
| Elevation | 741 ft / 226 m | =22,557 of 43,403 | =10,700 in North America | =8,831 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [LL80](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll80.md) Darrington Airport · 6.4 mi / 10 km
- [LL81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll81.md) Latham Park Aero Estates Airport · 6.7 mi / 11 km
- [RFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krfd.md) Chicago Rockford International Airport · 6.9 mi / 11 km
- [LL79](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll79.md) Severson Airport · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [IS78](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is78.md) Early-Merkel Field · 7.2 mi / 12 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/1c8/data