Chicago/Rockford International
RFD · KRFD · Chicago/Rockford, Illinois · Winnebago County · map
Chicago/Rockford International is a public-use airport, 68 miles northwest of Chicago/Rockford, Illinois, 742 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 10,002 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RFD · ICAO KRFD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 742 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1950
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 10,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 8,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 128 ft high 4,660 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 51 ft high 1,222 ft from the end
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), road 7 ft high 541 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the left, 8,099 ft available for landing, tree 65 ft high 2,613 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.6 | Rockford |
| Clearance delivery | 119.25 | Rockford |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 121.65 | Janesville |
| Clearance delivery | 121.85 | |
| Clearance delivery | 128.0 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Rockford |
| Tower | 118.1 | Rockford |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service East | 121.0 | Rockford |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service West | 126.0 | Rockford |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Rockford |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 224-634-4737.
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Aircraft registered in Chicago/Rockford from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Rockford, IL as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Concrete portion good condition.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- TRIPLE-TANDEM TRT550 runway 07/25 and TRT590 runway 01/19.
- U.S. customs office rqr 2 hour advance notice during business hours MON-FRI 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.