Chicago Rockford International Airport

Chicago Rockford International Airport
IATA: RFD ICAO: KRFD FAA LID: RFD WMO: 72543
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Greater Rockford Airport Authority
Serves	Chicago and Rockford, Illinois
Hub for	UPS Airlines
Elevation AMSL	742 ft / 226 m
Coordinates	42°11′43″N 89°05′50″W / 42.19528°N 89.09722°W / 42.19528; -89.09722Coordinates: 42°11′43″N 89°05′50″W / 42.19528°N 89.09722°W / 42.19528; -89.09722
Website	www.FlyRFD.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 8,199 2,499 Asphalt 7/25 10,004 3,049 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 41,204 Based aircraft 114 Total enplanements 106,412  3.76% Total landed cargo weight (in lbs.) 822,206,730 lbs  -7.48%
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Aircraft operations	41,204
Based aircraft	114
Total enplanements	106,412  3.76%
Total landed cargo weight (in lbs.)	822,206,730 lbs  -7.48%

Chicago Rockford International Airport (IATA: RFD, ICAO: KRFD, FAA LID: RFD), is a general aviation and commercial airport in Winnebago County, Illinois. It is 85 miles (136.7 km) northwest of Chicago and four miles (6 km) south of Rockford. The airport served over 100,000 passengers in 2015.

RFD traces its history back to 1917, when Camp Grant was established during World War I as an U.S. Army Cavalry Camp. During the events of World War II, 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, the facility was referred to as the Greater Rockford Airport, serving the area as a regional airport. In 1987, the current passenger terminal was constructed in an effort to attract more passenger service. Six years later, United Parcel Service opened its first of two cargo facilities at the airport. The location became a selling point as a transportation facility for cargo as well as for passengers. However, declining passenger numbers led to the temporary loss of scheduled passenger airline service in 2001. Although the Rockford airport had previously had flights to O'Hare Airport, for many residents, it was far more affordable to get to Chicago by bus or by their own car and then fly. In 2003, passenger service was restored to the airport as the facility marketed itself towards leisure travelers; instead of offering regional service primarily to O'Hare or other Midwestern destinations, Rockford offered low-cost flights to Florida.

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