X-Flight
X-Flight is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened as the fourth Wing Coaster in the world and the second in the United States on May 16, 2012.Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Six Flags Great America and Justice League: Battle for Metropolis.
Six Flags Great America
Theme park
Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Six Flags Great America is an amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, between Chicago and Milwaukee. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features 45 attractions, including 16 roller coasters, and an adjacent water park named Hurricane Harbor Chicago. Six Flags Great America is situated 830 feet north of X-Flight.
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis
Dark ride
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis is an Interactive dark ride located at several Six Flags theme parks across North America. The ride is a collaboration between Sally Dark Rides, Alterface, Oceaneering International, and Pure Imagination Studios, and is themed to the Justice League, DC's famous team of superheroes. Justice League: Battle for Metropolis is situated 490 feet west of X-Flight.
American Eagle
Roller coaster
Photo: Jonrev, Public domain.
American Eagle is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois. It was the first wooden roller coaster designed by Intamin of Switzerland and was built in 1981 by the contracting firm Figley-Wright at a cost of $10 million. American Eagle is situated 530 feet southwest of X-Flight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grange Hall and Gurnee.
Grange Hall
Hamlet
Grange Hall is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Grange Hall is located at. Grange Hall is situated 1½ miles west of X-Flight.
Gurnee
Photo: juggernautco, CC BY 2.0.
Gurnee is a village in Illinois. It sits at the midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee. It's best known as the home of the Six Flags Great America amusement park, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago water park, the Gurnee Mills shopping mall, and a Great Wolf Lodge location.
Wilson
Hamlet
Wilson was an unincorporated community in southern Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. The community was located along Illinois Route 120 and is now part of the cities of Waukegan and Park City and the village of Gurnee. Wilson is situated 2 miles southeast of X-Flight.
X-Flight
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster at Six Flags Great America
- Categories: steel roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Warren Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36566° or 42° 21′ 56″ northLongitude
-87.93365° or 87° 56′ 1″ westOperator
Six Flags Great AmericaOpen location code
86JJ9388+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1525612735OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q2597318
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“X-Flight” goes by many names.
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