# LZ Fairwinds Airport (LL78)

**LZ Fairwinds Airport** (FAA: LL78) is a small airport in Rockford, Illinois, United States. It opened in Oct 1975. It has one runway, 1,700 ft (518 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll78

## At a glance

- FAA: LL78
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rockford, Illinois, United States
- Opened: Oct 1975
- Elevation: 752 ft / 229 m
- Coordinates: 42.3120, -89.1519
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,700 ft / 518 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35276721
- Weather station: KRFD · WMO 72543
- Ident: LL78

## Timeline

- Oct 1975: LZ Fairwinds Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 1,700 ft / 518 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,700 ft / 518 m | =26,806 of 29,858 | =13,427 in North America | =11,917 in US |
| Elevation | 752 ft / 229 m | =22,330 of 43,403 | =10,566 in North America | =8,714 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [1C8](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1c8.md) Cottonwood Airport · 1.6 mi / 2.6 km
- [LL80](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll80.md) Darrington Airport · 4.9 mi / 7.8 km
- [IS78](https://dromopedia.com/airports/is78.md) Early-Merkel Field · 5.7 mi / 9.1 km
- [LL79](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll79.md) Severson Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.2 km
- [LL81](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ll81.md) Latham Park Aero Estates Airport · 6.0 mi / 9.7 km
- [RFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krfd.md) Chicago Rockford International Airport · 8.5 mi / 14 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/ll78/data