Richland Airport (Washington)

Coordinates: 46°18′20″N 119°18′15″W / 46.30556°N 119.30417°W / 46.30556; -119.30417
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Richland Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Benton
ServesRichland, Washington
Time zonePacific Standard (UTC−8)
 • Summer (DST)Pacific Daylight (UTC−7)
Elevation AMSL394 ft / 120 m
Coordinates46°18′20″N 119°18′15″W / 46.30556°N 119.30417°W / 46.30556; -119.30417
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RLD is located in Washington (state)
RLD
RLD
Location in Washington
RLD is located in the United States
RLD
RLD
RLD (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 4,009 1,222 Asphalt
8/26 3,995 1,218 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations29,000
Based aircraft202

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

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RLD PDF, effective 2007-12-20
  2. ^ "Our History". Port of Benton. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "Take-Over of Richland Airport Recommended". Tri-City Herald. March 11, 1956. p. 5.
  4. ^ Parkins, Al (December 3, 1961). "AEC Airport Open; No Plans Made For Commercial Service". Tri-City Herald. p. 1.
  5. ^ "17 persons dead in Richland crash". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. February 11, 1978. p. 1.
  6. ^ "FAA probers investigate fatal crash". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). UPI. February 12, 1978. p. 2.
  7. ^ NTSB Accident Report NTSB-AAR-78-15, December 21, 1978

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