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Chicago / Rockford International <strong>Air</strong>port<br />
60 <strong>Air</strong>port Drive • Rockford, Illinois 61109<br />
Phone: 815-969-4000 • Fax: 815-969-4001<br />
www.FlyRFD.com<br />
RFD–It’s the way flying should be.
RFD Fast Facts<br />
• A380 capable<br />
• 24th largest cargo airport in the United States<br />
• Sophisticated 10,000’ Primary Runway – Category<br />
III/II Instrument Landing System<br />
• 3,000 acres of airport property – 1,000 acres of<br />
developable land for aviation and non-aviation businesses<br />
available; tens of thousands of developable<br />
land available on the landside<br />
• Congestion-free, independently-operated air space –<br />
24/7 FAA <strong>Air</strong> Traffic Control Tower<br />
• RFD is a U.S. Customs Port of Entry and a grantee<br />
for Foreign Trade Zone #176<br />
• RFD is located 30 minutes north of Global<br />
Intermodal III: Union Pacific Railroad’s largest<br />
Intermodal Hub<br />
• Non-stop international capabilities to Europe, Africa,<br />
Asia, and South America<br />
• Located 85 miles northwest of Chicago with easy<br />
major highways, interstates, and U.S. routes –<br />
including: I-90, I-39, and I-88<br />
• Several Fixed Base Operations (FBO) options to<br />
meet a full spectrum of cargo aviation needs<br />
We invite you to come explore the reasons why<br />
theChicago/Rockford International <strong>Air</strong>port holds the<br />
key to a SMARTER, EASIER, and FASTER way for you<br />
to do business.
RFD<br />
Easy Access<br />
Centrally Located<br />
Convenient<br />
Strategically Located:<br />
Within a 50-minute drive of RFD, there are 2.3 million people who live<br />
and work. The population grows substantially to 8.4 million when the<br />
drive time is expanded to 90 minutes.<br />
<strong>Air</strong>port Facilities:<br />
RFD is a world-class international airport capable of landing aircraft in<br />
Category III/II conditions. The runways are stressed for heavy cargo aircraft<br />
and are virtually brand new. These state-of-the-art capabilities,<br />
when coupled with runway lengths of 10,000 ft. and 8,200 ft., allow<br />
RFD to land any jet aircraft operating in the world today, even under the<br />
most adverse conditions. RFD’s modern two-story terminal building has<br />
50,000 sq. ft. of hassle-free environment with ground level and jet<br />
bridge boarding.<br />
International Services:<br />
RFD is Grantee for Foreign Trade Zone #176 and is a U.S. Customs Port<br />
of Entry. In February 2005, RFD’s Federal Inspection Services facility<br />
opened, providing the airport with the ability to process international<br />
passengers from around the world.<br />
<strong>Cargo</strong> Ranking and Economic Impact:<br />
RFD is the 24th largest air cargo hub in the United States. <strong>Air</strong> cargo carriers<br />
United Parcel Service, DHL, and Burlington <strong>Air</strong> Express (BAX),<br />
operate aircraft in and out of RFD on a daily basis. These operations,<br />
coupled with other airport tenants, produce $719,000,000 in annual<br />
economic impact for the regional community, according to the Illinois<br />
Department of Transportation.<br />
Aviation College:<br />
Rock Valley College School of Aviation Technology offers training programs<br />
at an airport-based campus. Day and evening classes offer students<br />
FAA-approved one or two year programs for aviation maintenance,<br />
airframe technician, and power plant technician. Customized<br />
training for the aviation industry is also available.<br />
Information Technology:<br />
Rockford is uniquely equipped for electronic business. Advanced fiberoptic<br />
installation by several major telecommunication providers offers<br />
powerful broadband internet and data transmission capabilities.<br />
Unrestricted <strong>Air</strong>space:<br />
A 24-hour-a-day, level seven (7) <strong>Air</strong> Traffic Control Tower is located on<br />
the airfield. RFD’s airspace is independently operated outside of the<br />
highly congested and restricted airspace of Chicago.<br />
RFD remains congestion free!
Property &<br />
Development<br />
Property & Development Potential<br />
RFD is strategically and geographically positioned to help you<br />
reach your business potential. Our property expands over<br />
3,000 acres with land available for commercial development.<br />
We invite you to join the economic surge that is moving<br />
through the airport community and locate your business on<br />
RFD property. Our partnership with UPS resulted in a secondto-none,<br />
fast-track regional sort facility being designed, constructed,<br />
and fully operational within nine months from the<br />
date our partner, UPS said “GO.” The concrete ramp is 63 acres<br />
for this 600,000 sq. ft.. sort facility. We have two other air cargo<br />
ramps currently in simultaneous operation.<br />
Additional Runway Capability<br />
A third runway of 8,000 ft. in length can be added to our current<br />
configuration if needed.<br />
Terminal Building<br />
The existing terminal is expandable and the Master Plan provides<br />
for a mid-field passenger terminal building as an intermodel<br />
aviation passenger facility to fully incorporate the existing<br />
on-airport rail system.
Logistics<br />
Corridor<br />
Rail Service<br />
• Amtrak<br />
• Canadian National<br />
• Burlington Northern-Santa Fe<br />
(BNSF)<br />
• Union Pacific<br />
• I & M Rail Link<br />
• Illinois RailNet<br />
Intermodel Hub<br />
In October 2003, Union Pacific celebrated the grand opening of Global<br />
III, its $181 million intermodal facility in Rochelle, IL, located 30 miles<br />
southwest of the airport. This state-of-the-art facility’s strategic location provides<br />
warehouse and distribution facilities outside of the heavily-congested<br />
Chicago area. Many advantages include access to direct interstate highway<br />
routes with easy access to major east/west and north/south markets. This<br />
843-acre facility allows for the efficient interchange of shipments to and<br />
from rail connections and expedites the operations of over 25 trains and<br />
3,000 containers daily.<br />
Major highways and an abundance of railroad services create an efficient system<br />
for land transportation in the Northwest Chicago region.<br />
Highways and Interstates<br />
RFD is strategically positioned along US Highway 20,<br />
with access to Interstate 39 (north/south route from<br />
Rockford to western suburbs of Chicago) and uncongested<br />
access to Central Illinois, Interstate 90 the<br />
Northwest Tollway between northwest Chicago and<br />
Wisconsin.<br />
Interstate: I-39, I-88, I-90<br />
Federal: US Route 20, US Route 51/251<br />
State: (9 State Highways) IL 2, 26, 38, 64,<br />
70, 72, 75, 76, 173
<strong>Air</strong> <strong>Cargo</strong> Services<br />
Fuel Accessibility<br />
Our air cargo-related tenants are big name, world wide operators, both<br />
in the air and on the ground. The demands of our tenants warrant a<br />
direct aviation fuel feed to the airport with bulk storage capacity for Jet<br />
A fuel in excess of 2,000,000 gallons. A multi-port pipeline delivering<br />
Jet A fuel is located on airport property.<br />
DHL<br />
DHL has served RFD since 1991. They currently operate a 20,000 sq. ft.<br />
sort facility.<br />
BAX Global<br />
BAX Global began service at RFD in July of 2000. They are currently<br />
operating a 25,000 sq. ft. sort facility with multiple daily flights.<br />
Since 1994, the Chicago/Rockford International <strong>Air</strong>port (RFD) has<br />
climbed in the rankings for cargo landed weight (according to the<br />
Department of Transportation’s yearly statistics).<br />
UPS–A Successful Partnership<br />
UPS is the world's largest package distribution company and RFD is home<br />
to their largest regional sorting facility in the UPS system. RFD is the only<br />
facility of its type that handles coast-to-coast cargo.<br />
2004 Top 50 U.S. <strong>Cargo</strong> Ranks<br />
1. ANC Anchorage, AK<br />
2. MEM Memphis, TN<br />
4. MIA Miami, FL<br />
7. ORD Chicago, IL<br />
24. RFD Rockford, IL<br />
28. SEA Seattle, WA<br />
42. DTW Detroit, MI<br />
In April 2006, UPS completed construction of their new 70,000 sq. ft. sorting<br />
facility located west of the existing RFD Hub. This new building accommodates<br />
heavy freight and is viewed as a significant benefit to the region.<br />
The air freight hub will operate separately from the small package network<br />
and, including airport improvements, cost an estimated $7.4 million to construct.<br />
The UPS facility has caused RFD to grow to the 24th most active cargo airport in the United States.