The Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) is home to a continually growing air cargo industry and is ranked as the 13th largest airport in the United States for air cargo with more than 3.4 billion pounds of landed weight in 2022. The airport is home to the second-largest UPS hub in North America and a major base of operations for Amazon Air.
The Airport campus also encompasses an aviation maintenance repair facility (AAR) as well as other aircraft maintenance operations capable of servicing next-generation aircraft, as well as an aviation education maintenance program (Rock Valley College) that is turning out a highly trained and skilled workforce. With Emery Air already on airport grounds, in 2023, Menzies Aviation, the world’s largest aviation services provider, expanded operations to RFD as well. More than 15 international airlines service RFD as a freighter network serving destinations to and from countries from around the world, as well as from international tier one freight forwarders such as DB Schenker and Maersk-SENATOR International. Currently, RFD and its tenants are home to more than 8,000 jobs and contribute millions of dollars annually in real estate taxes. Visit www.flyrfd.com.