Airports near Chicago/Rockford, IL
60 airports, seaplane bases and airstrips within 25 nm of Chicago/Rockford, Illinois — 9 of them public use. Runway lengths, fuel, CTAF and tower frequencies from the FAA's NASR data (effective 2026-10-01); each airport page adds live METAR/TAF weather, NOTAMs, winds aloft and a crosswind calculator.
Closest public-use field: Chicago/Rockford International (KRFD), 0.0 nm N. Closest public fuel: KRFD (100LL,A,A1+), 0.0 nm. Longest runway: 10,002 ft at KRFD.
Current METARs for these airports (aviationweather.gov) →
| Id | Name | From Chicago/Rockford | Use | Longest rwy | Fuel | Tower / CTAF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRFD | Chicago/Rockford International Chicago/Rockford · Airport | 0.0 nm N | Public | 10,002 ft (soft) | 100LL,A,A1+ | Tower 118.1 · UNICOM 122.95 |
| 1C8 | Cottonwood Rockford · Airport | 6.1 nm N | Public | 2,540 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.8 |
| 4IL3 | Thrifty Acres Stillman Valley (byron) · Airport | 6.6 nm SW | Private | 750 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL78 | Lz Fairwinds Rockford · Airport | 7.4 nm N | Private | 1,700 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS59 | Rotstein Kirkland · Airport | 8.5 nm SE | Private | 1,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL81 | Latham Park Aero Estates Rockford · Airport | 10.9 nm N | Private | 2,305 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL74 | Maple Hurst Farms Rochelle · Airport | 11.4 nm S | Private | 2,500 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL80 | Darrington Rockford · Airport | 11.6 nm N | Private | 2,200 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS78 | Early - Merkel Field Pecatonica · Airport | 12.0 nm NW | Private | 2,400 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL79 | Severson Rockford · Airport | 12.0 nm N | Private | 2,400 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS15 | Vodden Esmond · Airport | 13.0 nm SE | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS19 | Carlson Pecatonica · Airport | 13.1 nm NW | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| C77 | Poplar Grove Poplar Grove · Airport | 13.9 nm NE | Public | 3,773 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.8 |
| 16IL | Harold Bunger Kirkland · Airport | 14.6 nm SE | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IL34 | Henderson Field Belvidere · Airport | 15.2 nm E | Private | 2,800 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 8IL5 | O'connor Field Pecatonica · Airport | 15.4 nm NW | Private | 1,800 ft (soft) | — | — |
| C55 | Ogle County Mount Morris · Airport | 16.2 nm SW | Public | 2,640 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| 80IL | Loeppert Cpl Aero Shirland · Airport | 16.4 nm N | Private | 1,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IL36 | Bob Walberg Field Belvidere · Airport | 16.6 nm NE | Private | 2,254 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 48LL | Rock Cut Farms Leaf River · Airport | 16.7 nm W | Private | 2,300 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 2IL1 | Mc Cartney Durand · Airport | 16.7 nm NW | Private | 1,700 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 91IL | Wayne Page Rla Rochelle · Airport | 16.7 nm S | Private | 2,530 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| 0LL0 | Kaufield Belvidere · Airport | 16.8 nm E | Private | 2,030 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IL93 | Hendrickson Flying Service Creston · Airport | 16.9 nm SE | Private | 2,800 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL90 | Mc Curdy Strip Rockton/Belvidere · Airport | 17.4 nm NE | Private | 2,500 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL89 | Blackhawk Farms Raceway LLC Rockton · Airport | 17.5 nm N | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 3LL0 | Miller South Beloit · Airport | 17.8 nm N | Private | 1,320 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL87 | Compass Rose Rockton · Airport | 17.9 nm NE | Private | 1,900 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 12IL | Nichols Aero South Beloit · Airport | 17.9 nm N | Private | 1,800 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| IL60 | Idlas Genoa · Airport | 18.1 nm E | Private | 2,380 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 22IS | Steward Rla Durand · Airport | 18.1 nm NW | Private | 2,300 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| KRPJ | Rochelle Municipal/Koritz Field Rochelle · Airport | 18.1 nm S | Public | 5,001 ft | 100LL,A | CTAF 122.975 |
| 47IL | Ebert Field Ashton · Airport | 18.5 nm SW | Private | 1,806 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.9 |
| 56IL | Lee Creek Caledonia · Airport | 18.8 nm NE | Private | 2,200 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 44C | Beloit Beloit · Airport | 19.1 nm N | Public | 3,300 ft | 100LL | CTAF 122.7 |
| 64IL | Walpole Marengo · Airport | 19.3 nm E | Private | 2,640 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 4LL1 | Staton Steward · Airport | 20.5 nm S | Private | 3,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS57 | Wind Rose Farm Marengo · Airport | 20.7 nm E | Private | 2,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 47IS | Flying Z Ranch Durand · Airport | 21.2 nm NW | Private | 1,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 4LL0 | Ranken Steward · Airport | 21.6 nm S | Private | 2,400 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IL23 | Ellis Davis · Airport | 21.6 nm NW | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| KFEP | Albertus Freeport · Airport | 21.8 nm W | Public | 5,504 ft | 100LL,A | CTAF 122.8 |
| 62IL | Ferris Field Marengo · Airport | 21.9 nm E | Private | 1,925 ft (soft) | — | — |
| LL28 | Sd Aero Capron · Airport | 22.1 nm NE | Private | 1,600 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 30IS | Aero Lake Estates Genoa · Airport | 22.2 nm E | Private | 2,800 ft | — | — |
| 63IL | Emerick Marengo · Airport | 22.3 nm E | Private | 2,525 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 4LL7 | Willadae Farms Sycamore · Airport | 22.5 nm SE | Private | 2,800 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 8IL0 | Adkins Harvard · Airport | 22.5 nm NE | Private | 1,950 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 09LL | Pine Hill Capron · Airport | 22.7 nm NE | Private | 2,300 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 4LL8 | Colonial Acres Sycamore · Airport | 23.2 nm SE | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| IS93 | Sue Rock International Rock City · Airport | 23.2 nm NW | Private | 1,420 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 37IS | Hilbert Marengo · Airport | 23.3 nm E | Private | 1,900 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 9IL4 | Hep Cats Steward · Airport | 23.4 nm S | Private | 1,385 ft (soft) | — | — |
| KDKB | De Kalb Taylor Municipal De Kalb · Airport | 23.4 nm SE | Public | 7,026 ft | 100LL,A1+ | CTAF 122.7 |
| IL47 | Freeport/Dornink Freeport · Airport | 23.5 nm NW | Private | 2,119 ft (soft) | — | CTAF 122.8 |
| 66IL | Aerogrange Marengo · Airport | 23.8 nm E | Private | 2,050 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 68IS | Casa De Aero Park Hampshire · Airport | 24.0 nm E | Private | 2,998 ft | — | — |
| LL55 | Gentry Polo · Airport | 24.0 nm SW | Private | 2,000 ft (soft) | — | — |
| 0C0 | Dacy Harvard · Airport | 24.1 nm NE | Public | 3,589 ft (soft) | 100LL | CTAF 122.9 |
| 7IL3 | Flying Q Farm Marengo · Airport | 24.2 nm E | Private | 1,717 ft (soft) | — | — |
Distances are great-circle nautical miles with direction from the centre of the facilities that list Chicago/Rockford as their city (not a surveyed city centre). Heliports are not listed. A snapshot of the 28-day NASR cycle: confirm frequencies and runway data against the current Chart Supplement before flight.