- Source: Richland Airport (Washington)
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 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).
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
List of airports in Washington
References
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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