Airports / Illinois / BDF
Rinkenberger Restricted Landing Area
BDFBradford, IllinoisELEV 808 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
34 nm
To the nearest alternate
General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Rinkenberger Restricted Landing Area (BDF) sits in Bradford, Illinois, where it functions as a general aviation field. The field lies at an elevation of 808 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
BDF has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport (PIA, 34 nm), Quad City International Airport (MLI, 42 nm), and Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (BMI, 55 nm).
Quotes for flights out of BDF vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from BDF, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Easy in & out
4/5 reviews“75 to 90 min.] Easy to park [highly suggest to pre-book parking] and easy walk from parking lot to terminal and gates.”
Peter Greene5★ on Google
Terminal & facilities
4/5 reviews“75 to 90 min.] Easy to park [highly suggest to pre-book parking] and easy walk from parking lot to terminal and gates.”
Peter Greene5★ on Google
Staff & service
2/5 reviews“Staff are polite and helpful.”
Kathleen Davis5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Rinkenberger Restricted Landing Area — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
3IS8
IATA
BDF
FAA / Local
3IS8
Elevation
808 ft
Coordinates
41.2309° N · 89.6157° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs IL fields
state range 321–871 ft
At 808 ft, BDF sits higher than 93% of the 42 Illinois fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 34nmPIAGeneral Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria
- 42nmMLIQuad City International AirportMoline
- 55nmBMICentral Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal
- 62nmRFDChicago Rockford International AirportChicago/Rockford
- 73nmBRLSoutheast Iowa Regional AirportBurlington
- 74nmDPADupage AirportChicago/West Chicago
Location
Open the full map3IS8 · Rinkenberger Restricted Landing Area · Bradford, IL
From the ramp
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