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Whiteside County Airport-Joseph H Bittorf Field

41.74280°N
-89.67630°W
ARR / DAY
3
35.7%
DEP / DAY
2
30.0%

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.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
5 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSQI 262356Z AUTO 29005KT 10SM CLR 26/18 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP128 T02560183 10294 20256 56001 PWINO $

Runway intelligence

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

25
45% of ops
30 land · 2 TO
07
28% of ops
19 land · 11 TO
36
19% of ops
13 land · 1 TO
18
7% of ops
5 land · 8 TO
Runway 25 carries 45% of operations (30 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

25 30 landings
UA 0%
07 19 landings
UA 0%
36 13 landings
UA 0%
18 5 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 25 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 30 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
3.4
flights/day · 101 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.9 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (40% of 83 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
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