# Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field (SQI / KSQI)

**Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field** (IATA: SQI, ICAO: KSQI) is a small airport in Rock Falls, Illinois, United States. It opened in Mar 1948. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,499 ft (1,981 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksqi

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SQI / KSQI
- FAA: SQI
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rock Falls, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Mar 1948
- Elevation: 648 ft / 197 m
- Coordinates: 41.7422, -89.6736
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,499 ft / 1,981 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: https://www.whitesidecountyairport.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteside_County_Airport (1 language)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61747878
- Weather station: KSQI
- Ident: KSQI

## Timeline

- Mar 1948: Whiteside County Airport - Joseph H Bittorf Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 6,499 ft / 1,981 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 070° / 250° | yes |
| 18/36 | 3,900 ft / 1,189 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,499 ft / 1,981 m | =4,119 of 29,858 | =1,051 in North America | =807 in US |
| Elevation | 648 ft / 197 m | #24,481 of 43,403 | #11,744 in North America | #9,772 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ROCKFORD APP/DEP | 126.000 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.175 |
| CLD | ROCKFORD CLNC DEL | 128.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

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- [LL61](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll61.md) Doering's Port Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [C73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kc73.md) Dixon Municipal Charles R. Walgreen Field · 13 mi / 22 km
- [IS73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is73.md) Woodley Aerial Spray Airport · 15 mi / 23 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksqi/data