📍 Sterling/Rockfalls⬆ 648 ft2 runways
KSQI · SQI
Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field
41.74280°N
-89.67630°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
18.2%
DEP / DAY
2
▼
6.7%
Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field (KSQI/SQI) is a small general aviation airport located in Sterling/Rockfalls, IL, 47 mi south west of Rockford. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,499 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
86°F
Wind
9 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
25
44% of ops
42 land · 6 TO
07
26% of ops
25 land · 12 TO
18
21% of ops
20 land · 6 TO
36
9% of ops
9 land · 11 TO
Runway 25 carries 44% of operations (42 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 26%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
25
42 landings
UA 0%
07
25 landings
UA 0%
18
20 landings
UA 0%
36
9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 42 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.
Traffic behavior
When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend
Daily avg
4.5
flights/day · 136 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 123.000 | — |
| APCH | 126.000 | — |
| APCH | 327.000 | — |
| UNICOM | 123.000 | — |
| AWOS | 119.175 | — |
| CD/P | 128.000 | — |
| OTHER | 128.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZAU
- Mag var:
- 2° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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