Chicago Rockford International Airport
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The Chicago Rockford International Airport ( IATA: RFD, ICAO: KRFD ) is the airport of the city of Rockford, Winnebago County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located 8.6 kilometers south of the city of Rockford and 139 km north- west of Chicago. The airport is owned by the Greater Rockford Airport Authority, a joint venture between the city of Rockford, Winnebago County and the municipalities of Machesney Park and Loves Park. The airport is used for general aviation in the region in northwest ahead of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Location
The Chicago Rockford International Airport is located on the Rock River in the center of the metropolitan area of Rockford about 35 km south of the Wisconsin border. This can be achieved the airport via the Illinois State Route 2, on the freeway developed U.S. Highway 20 meets about one kilometer north.
Equipment
The Chicago Rockford International Airport has a total area of approximately 1200 hectares. It has two runways with asphalt surface and is open all year and open 24 hours per day.
For the handling of passengers, the airport has one terminal with five gates, passenger boarding bridges as well as a baggage handling system. At the airport there are four car rental locations.
The airport has a duty free area which is similar to a free port. The runway 7/25 is sufficiently large, so that even the largest aircraft can land here. There are two cargo areas:
- North Cargo Apron - The larger is adjacent to the passenger terminal and is used by UPS.
- South Cargo Apron - The smaller southern cargo area is located between the two runways and is used by the DB subsidiary BAX Global.
A third was completed in 2008. There are for this but at the moment no takers.
Airlines and destinations
- Allegiant Air to Las Vegas, Orlando -Sanford, Phoenix-Mesa and St. Petersburg -Clearwater
- Apple Vacations to Cancun and Punta Cana
- Direct Air to Fort Myers and Punta Gorda in Florida
- Frontier Airlines to Cancun and Denver
- Vision Airlines to Fort Myers
Aircraft
At the airport a total of 114 aircraft are based. Of these, 78 single-engine, 18 multi-engine propeller aircraft, 15 jet aircraft and three helicopters. There are 127 aircraft movements a day.