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 (228 ha) 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]
References
^ abcdFAA Airport Form 5010 for RLD PDF, effective 2007-12-20
^"Our History". Port of Benton. 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.
richland, airport, washington, airport, richland, county, montana, sidney, richland, municipal, airport, coordinates, 30556, 30417, 30556, 30417, richland, airport, iata, icao, krld, public, airport, located, miles, northwest, central, business, district, rich. For the airport in Richland County Montana see Sidney Richland Municipal Airport Coordinates 46 18 20 N 119 18 15 W 46 30556 N 119 30417 W 46 30556 119 30417 Richland Airport IATA RLD ICAO KRLD FAA LID RLD is a public airport located two miles 3 km northwest of the central business district of Richland a city in Benton County Washington United States It is owned by the Port of Benton 1 Richland AirportIATA RLDICAO KRLDFAA LID RLDSummaryAirport typePublicOwnerPort of BentonServesRichland WashingtonElevation AMSL394 ft 120 mRunwaysDirection Length Surfaceft m1 19 4 009 1 222 Asphalt8 26 3 995 1 218 AsphaltStatistics 2007 Aircraft operations29 000Based aircraft202Source Federal Aviation Administration 1 Contents 1 History 2 Facilities and aircraft 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe 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 EditRichland Airport covers an area of 564 acres 228 ha 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 References Edit a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RLD PDF effective 2007 12 20 Our History Port of Benton 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 External links EditRichland Airport at Port of Benton Richland Airport at Washington State DOTResources 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 This article about an airport in the U S state of Washington is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richland Airport Washington amp oldid 1133810577, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
