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KRFDRFD

Chicago Rockford International Airport

Chicago/Rockford, United States

Elevation
742 ft
Runways
2
Longest
10,002 ft
Position
42.195, -89.097
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Warning: pilot use only. For flight simulation use only. This information is not maintained to any aeronautical standard and must never be used for real world navigation or flight planning.

The field

07250119N1 km
2 runways. Point at one for its dimensions.
North up, drawn to scale from published runway threshold positions.
KDPAKRFDN
1 airfield in range. Point at one for its bearing.
  • KDPA42
Rings at 15, 30 and 50 nm. 1 other airfield in range, at true bearing. Where two sit close together only the nearer one is labelled.

By the numbers

  • 18,202 ft

    Runway, all told

    3.0 nm of pavement across 2 runways

  • 155th

    Longest in United States

    of 881 airfields in the country

  • 911th

    Longest in the world

    of 4,677 with a measured runway

  • 388th

    Highest in United States

    742 ft above sea level

  • 42 nm

    Nearest airfield

    KDPA, bearing 114

  • Part concrete, part asphalt, Asphalt

    Surface

    Every runway lit

Current weather

METAR, live from NOAA aviation weather

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Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLit
07/2510,002 ft150 ftPart concrete, part asphaltYes
01/198,200 ft150 ftAsphaltYes

Frequencies

  • ATISATIS126.700
  • CLDCLNC DEL119.250
  • GNDGND121.900
  • TWRROCKFORD TWR118.300
  • A/DROCKFORD APP/DEP121.000
  • RDOKANKAKEE RDO122.650

Real world frequencies, listed for reference. What is actually staffed on the network appears on the map and in the client.

Fly from here

  • Plan a leg out of KRFD
  • KRFD to KDPA, the nearest field

On the network

Nothing has been run at KRFD yet. When an event uses this field it appears here, with what was flown and who worked it.

What is on the calendar

Nearby airfields

  • KDPADupage Airport42 nm
  • KORDChicago O'Hare International Airport55 nm
  • KENWKenosha Regional Airport57 nm
  • KMSNDane County Regional Truax Field58 nm
  • KMDWChicago Midway International Airport65 nm
  • KMKEGeneral Mitchell International Airport70 nm

Elsewhere

  • Wikipedia

Airport, runway and frequency data from OurAirports, which is public domain. Weather from NOAA aviation weather.