Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field
RPJ · KRPJ · Rochelle, Illinois · Ogle County · map
Rochelle Muni/Koritz Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rochelle, 2 miles south of Rochelle, Illinois, 781 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RPJ · ICAO KRPJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rochelle
- Elevation
- 781 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, road 19 ft high 676 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.0 | |
| Rpj and aWOS-3 | 125.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 815-562-2955.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Rochelle from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Rochelle, Illinois: 17 piston singles, 15 helicopters, 3 turboprops, 2 drones, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Illinois.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 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
- Paja and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 7 and 25; PAPI runway 7 and 25 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 7/25; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 25 calm wind runway.
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.