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Chicago/Rockford International Airport
IATA: RFD - ICAO: KRFD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Greater Rockford Airport Authority
Serves		Rockford, Illinois
Elevation AMSL		742 ft (226 m)
Coordinates		42°11′43″N, 089°05′50″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
7/25	10,004	3,049	Asphalt/Concrete
1/19	8,199	2,499	Asphalt

Chicago/Rockford International Airport or Greater Rockford Airport (IATA: RFD, ICAO: KRFD), is a general aviation and commercial airport located 4 miles (6 km) south of Rockford, in Winnebago County, Illinois, U.S.

Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Airlines and destinations 3.1 Passenger 3.2 Cargo 4 References 5 External links

RFD traces its history back to 1917, when Camp Grant — a U.S. Army Cavalry Camp was established during the First World War. During the events of the second World War, Camp Grant was made into a military training base and prisoner of war confinement center.

Following the war, the state of Illinois adopted the Airport Authority Act. The Greater Rockford Airport Authority was created in 1946. For more than forty years this airport was referred to as the Greater Rockford airport.

Being less than 90 miles (145 km) from downtown Chicago, the airport's name was changed to the Northwest Chicagoland Regional Airport in the early 2000s. In 2004 the airport became the Chicago/Rockford International Airport when the airport gained an official US port of entry and achieved international status. The airport is marketed to residents of Rockford and surrounding areas as an alternative to Chicago Midway International Airport and O'Hare International Airport, as well as limited service airports such as the one at Dubuque, Iowa. The airlines at RFD also often use their low fares and free airport parking as a selling point as well.

Larry Morrissey, the mayor of Rockford, has pushed for high-speed rail to link the airport with O'Hare International.

Chicago/Rockford International Airport covers 2,900 acres (12 km²) and has two runways both with an Instrument Landing System.

• Runway 7/25: 10,004 x 150 ft. (3,049 x 46 m), air carrier runway, general aviation, ILS equipped.
• Runway 1/19: 8,199 x 150 ft. (2,499 x 46 m), air carrier runway, general aviation, ILS equipped.

• Allegiant Air (Fort Lauderdale [begins December 14], Las Vegas, Orlando-Sanford, Phoenix/Mesa, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
  • Apple Vacations operated by Allegiant Air (Cancún) [weekend charter]
• United Airlines
  • United Express operated by SkyWest (Denver)

RFD is also the company headquarters for Ryan International Airlines, staging many of its aircraft at the airport for charter hire.

Further air service development may come in the form of chartered flights to Shannon, Ireland by Kenny Tours, possibly as early as December 2007.

The airport is in a foreign-trade zone.

• United Parcel Service sorting hub. This hub is their second largest hub in the nation, behind Louisville International Airport.
• DHL, dba Airborne Express
• BAX Global

• FlyRFD.com
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KRFD
  • ASN accident history for RFD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KRFD
  • FAA current RFD delay information