Whiteside County Airport – SQI Sterling, IL, United States
Stationed in the heart of the Sauk Valley, 2 miles south of Sterling/Rockfalls, Illinois is the Whiteside County Airport (SQI), ageneral aviation airports designated to non-commercial air travel. The airport averages over several thousand take-offs and landings per year. The first SterlingMunicipal Airport opened in 1927 but closed in 1953. In 1956, it reopened and the name of the changed to Whiteside County Airport.
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The SQI-Whiteside County Airport functions with two runways with the main runway being 6,500 feet long while the crosswind runway measures 3,900 feet. Sitting on 437 acres of land, it is home to Sauk Valley Aviation, an FBO that provides and arranges aviation services like aircraft storage and parking, aviation fuel, aircraft sales, flight instruction, aircraft charter and aircraft maintenance. It is also the base to non-profit organizations within the area. It serves the aviation needs of private, corporate and government entities by providing a place for general aviation to Sterling and nearby places like Seatonville, Henry, and La Salle.
What to Do & Area Attractions
There are a number of hotels located close to SQI Airport – all less than a 10-minute drive. Among them are the Super 8 by Wyndham Rock Falls Sterling Area, the Days Inn by Wyndham Rock Falls and the nearby Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Rock Falls, IL, which are all just 1 mile from SQI Airport.
Situated 1 nautical mile northwest of the central business district of Peru in Illinois is a city-owned, public-use airport, the Illinois Valley Regional Airport (VYS), also known as Walter A. Duncan Field.
