Richmond Municipal Airport | |
Iata: | RID |
Icao: | KRID |
Faa: | RID |
Type: | Public |
Owner: | Richmond BOAC |
City-Served: | Richmond, Indiana |
Elevation-F: | 1,140 |
Coordinates: | 39.7561°N -84.8428°W |
Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana#USA |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Pushpin Label: | RID |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
R1-Number: | 6/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 5,502 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
R2-Number: | 15/33 |
R2-Length-F: | 4,999 |
R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2018 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 14,720 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 40 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Richmond Municipal Airport is six miles southeast of Richmond near Boston, in Wayne County, Indiana. It is owned by the Richmond Board of Aviation Commissioners. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 called it a general aviation facility.
The first airline flights were TWA and Delta DC-3s in late 1947; Lake Central replaced them in 1950-51 and dropped Richmond in 1965.
The airport covers 702 acres (284 ha) at an elevation of 1,140 feet (347 m). It has two asphalt runways: 6/24 is 5,502 by 150 feet (1,677 x 46 m) and 15/33 is 4,999 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).
In the year ending December 31, 2018 the airport had 14,720 aircraft operations, average 40 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. 40 aircraft were then based at the airport: 34 single-engine, 4 helicopter, and 2 multi-engine.