Richland Airport (Washington)
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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RLD Location in Washington RLD RLD (the United States) | |||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.[2][3] The Port of Benton acquired the airport in December 1961, opening it for public use.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Richland Airport covers an area of 564 acres (0.88 sq mi; 2.28 km2) 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).[1]
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.[1]
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.[5][6][7]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d 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