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📍 Sterling/Rockfalls⬆ 648 ft2 runways
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Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field

41.74280°N
-89.67630°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 39.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 15.4%

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 6,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
46°F
Wind
4 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSQI 200156Z AUTO 09004KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3036 RMK AO2 SLP282 T00830044 $

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

25
51% of ops
42 land · 5 TO
18
17% of ops
14 land · 5 TO
07
17% of ops
14 land · 17 TO
36
15% of ops
12 land · 5 TO
Runway 25 carries 51% of operations (42 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 18 at 17%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

25 42 landings
UA 0%
18 14 landings
UA 7%
07 14 landings
UA 0%
36 12 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
4.2
flights/day · 126 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (4.5 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (32% of 105 flights). Top three types: , , .

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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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