| Richland Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Port of Benton | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Richland, Washington | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | Pacific Standard (UTC−8) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | Pacific Daylight (UTC−7) | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 394 ft / 120 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 46°18′20″N 119°18′15″W / 46.30556°N 119.30417°W / 46.30556; -119.30417 | ||||||||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Richland Airport (IATA: RLD, ICAO: KRLD, FAA LID: RLD) is a public airport in the northwest United States, located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Richland, a city in Benton County, Washington. It is owned by the Port of Benton.
History
The airport, originally named Atomic Energy Field, was constructed in 1943 by the United States Atomic Energy Commission for use by personnel at the Hanford Site. The Port of Benton acquired the airport in December 1961, opening it for public use.
Facilities and aircraft
Richland Airport covers an area of 564 acres (0.88 sq mi; 2.28 km) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 4,009 x 75 ft (1,222 x 23 m) and 8/26 measuring 3,995 x 100 ft (1,218 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2007, the airport had 29,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 79 per day. There are 202 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 1% helicopter, 4% glider and 6% ultralight.
Accidents
- 1978: Flight 23 of Richland-based Columbia Pacific Airlines, a Beechcraft 99 bound for Seattle, over-rotated and stalled on take-off from runway 36 (now runway 1) shortly before sunset on Friday, February 10, killing both pilots and all fifteen passengers.
See also
References
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for RLD PDF, effective 2007-12-20
- "Our History". Port of Benton. 20 July 2020. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- "Take-Over of Richland Airport Recommended". Tri-City Herald. March 11, 1956. p. 5.
- Parkins, Al (December 3, 1961). "AEC Airport Open; No Plans Made For Commercial Service". Tri-City Herald. p. 1.
- "17 persons dead in Richland crash". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. February 11, 1978. p. 1.
- "FAA probers investigate fatal crash". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. February 12, 1978. p. 2.
- NTSB Accident Report NTSB-AAR-78-15, December 21, 1978
External links
- Richland Airport at Port of Benton
- Richland Airport at Washington State DOT
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RLD
- AirNav airport information for RLD
- ASN accident history for RLD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for RLD
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