Riverside Municipal Airport

Riverside Municipal Airport (Riverside Arlington Airport, decades ago) (IATA: RAL, ICAO: KRAL, FAA LID: RAL), is four miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County, California.[1]

Riverside Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorCity of Riverside
LocationRiverside, California
Elevation AMSL819 ft / 250 m
Coordinates33°57′07″N 117°26′42″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,401 1,646 Asphalt
16/34 2,850 869 Asphalt
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 60 18 Asphalt

Scheduled flights to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (Arizona) on Western Express Air ended when that airline ceased operations at the end of May 2007.[2]

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.

"FedEx Express donated a Boeing 727-200F to California Baptist University for its new aviation science program. The aircraft will be on permanent display at the airport and will provide a working laboratory for aviation science students." The aircraft, N266FE (cn 21672/1538), is a Boeing 727-233/Adv(F). A video of its arrival on January 10, 2013 can be found here.[3]

Facilities

The airport covers 525 acres (212 ha) and has two runways and one helipad:

  • 9/27: 5,401 x 100 ft. (1,646 x 30 m) Asphalt
  • 16/34: 2,850 x 48 ft. (869 x 15 m) Asphalt
  • H1: 60 x 60 ft. (18 x 18 m) Asphalt

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 6,153 feet (1,875 m). 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.

General aviation

The airport is home to about 100 general aviation aircraft.

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for RAL (Form 5010 PDF)
  2. Western Air Express (official site)
  3. "FedEx donates Boeing 727 to CBU Aviation Science program". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
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