| Riverside Municipal Airport | |
| Iata: | RAL |
| Icao: | KRAL |
| Faa: | RAL |
| Type: | Public |
| Operator: | City of Riverside |
| City-Served: | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Area |
| Location: | Riverside, California |
| Elevation-F: | 819 |
| Elevation-M: | 250 |
| R1-Number: | 9/27 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,401 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,646 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| R2-Number: | 16/34 |
| R2-Length-F: | 2,850 |
| R2-Length-M: | 869 |
| R2-Surface: | Asphalt |
| H1-Number: | H1 |
| H1-Length-F: | 60 |
| H1-Length-M: | 18 |
| H1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Riverside Municipal Airport (Riverside Arlington Airport, decades ago), is four miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States.
Scheduled flights to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (Arizona) on Western Express Air ended when that airline ceased operations at the end of May 2007.[1]
Runway 9/27 was paved about 1956 and Bonanza Air Lines appeared soon after; until 1969 it and successor Air West flew DC-3s and Fairchild F-27s to LAX, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and beyond. Golden West Airlines served Riverside in the 1970s with nonstop and direct de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters to LAX.
Riverside Municipal Airport has been home to Civil Air Patrol Squadron 5 since 2005.
In 2013, FedEx Express, a cargo airline, donated a Boeing 727-200F to California Baptist University for its new aviation science program. The aircraft is on permanent display at the airport and provides a working laboratory for aviation science students. The aircraft, N266FE (cn 21672/1538), is a Boeing 727-233/Adv(F).[2] [3]
The airport covers 525acres and has two runways and one helipad:
The runway has ILS, GPS, and VOR approaches.
Should there be plans to expand, the Airport's Master Plan supports lengthening runway 9/27 to 6153feet. Runway 27 has a Visual Approach Slope Indicator.
The crosswind runway, RWY 16-34, is suited for smaller aircraft. Runway 34 has a Precision Approach Path Indicator.
The airport is home to about 100 general aviation aircraft.
Riverside Air Service
Capital Jet Management