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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 114 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 46,362 takeoffs and landings a year. About 130,338 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Chicago/Rockford International?
Its FAA code is RFD, and its ICAO code is KRFD.
Where is Chicago/Rockford International?
It is 68 miles northwest of Chicago/Rockford, Illinois, 742 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Chicago/Rockford International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 07/25, is 10,002 feet long.
Does Chicago/Rockford International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chicago/Rockford International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Chicago/Rockford International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Ontario International, Bradley International, Louisville Muhammad Ali International, Portland International, Dallas-Fort Worth International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Chicago/Rockford International?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Cottonwood Flying Club and Blackhawk Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chicago/Rockford International?
15 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Chicago/Rockford International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- 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
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field (18 nm south), Albertus Airport (22 nm west), DE Kalb Taylor Municipal (23 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Illinois · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 12,564 departures from RFD in those twelve months, carrying 167,199 passengers in 195,689 seats (85% filled), to 99 destinations (13 abroad) on 28 airlines.
All 99 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 78 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 15 |
| helicopters | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 46,362, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 21,861 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,248 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,158 |
| general aviation, local | 9,762 |
| military | 333 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chicago/Rockford from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Chicago/Rockford, IL as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cottonwood Flying Club 2 aircraft · Rockford, 7 miles away
- Blackhawk Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Rockford, 7 miles away Blackhawk Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Chicago/Rockford Airport (RFD) in Illinois.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 14 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 4 sport aviation examiners, 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Fred Arthur Sweet private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · Poplar Grove, IL (14 nm) · (815) 670-1667 · [email protected]
- Christopher Timothy Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Janesville, WI (26 nm) · (608) 290-4700 · [email protected]
- Brandon Kuhn private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (35 nm) · (815) 276-1356 · [email protected]
- John Quinn Fulgenzi private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Algonquin, IL (35 nm) · (815) 236-8646 · [email protected]
- Michael Biewenga private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Blue Skies Flying Services · Lake in the Hills, IL (35 nm) · (847) 208-6785 · [email protected]
- David Mckinney Monroe private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cary, IL (38 nm) · (847) 736-8171 · [email protected]
- Jay Christopher Rud private pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · J.A. Flight Training · Aurora, IL (38 nm) · (815) 557-5221 · [email protected]
- Gail Sue Lapook private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Wauconda, IL (43 nm) · (708) 601-6219 · [email protected]
All 54 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Illinois 2,117 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Cottonwood Flying Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- Blackhawk Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Ontario International (ONT) 785 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, Air Transport International
- Bradley International (BDL) 702 flights in twelve months · Air Transport International, United Parcel Service
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 535 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, Amerijet International
- Portland International (PDX) 452 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 429 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Oakland San Francisco Bay (OAK) 423 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 402 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service
- Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain (MSP) 380 flights in twelve months · United Parcel Service, Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Illinois 103 landing places
- Illinois 8,049 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RFD.json.
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 26, 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.