Riverside Municipal Airport
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| name = Riverside Municipal Airport
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| IATA = RAL
| ICAO = KRAL
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| type = Public
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| operator = City of Riverside
| city-served = Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario Metropolitan Area
| location = Riverside, California
| elevation-f = 819
| elevation-m = 250
| coordinates = {{Coord|33|57|07|N|117|26|42|W|type:airport_region:US|display=inline,title}}
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| 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
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Riverside Municipal Airport (Riverside Arlington Airport, decades ago) {{Airport codes|RAL|KRAL|RAL}}, is four miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States.{{FAA-airport|ID=RAL|use=PU|own=PU|site=02112.*A}}
Scheduled flights to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (Arizona) on Western Express Air ended when that airline ceased operations at the end of May 2007.[http://www.westernexpressair.com/ Western Air Express (official site)]
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).A video of its arrival on January 10, 2013 can be [http://vimeo.com/57697977. found here].{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fedex-donates-boeing-727-to-cbu-aviation-science-program-186360181.html |publisher=PR Newswire |title=FedEx donates Boeing 727 to CBU Aviation Science program |accessdate=2013-02-03}}
Facilities
The airport covers {{convert|525|acre|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 {{convert|6153|ft|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.
- FBOs:
- :Riverside Air Service
- Airport businesses
- :Capital Jet Management
References
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External links
- [http://www.riversideca.gov/airport/ Riverside Municipal Airport] (official City of Riverside website)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060924231011/http://www.riversideca.gov/airshow/Default.htm Riverside Airshow]
- [http://sq5.cawgcap.org/ Civil Air Patrol, Senior Squadron 5]
- [https://dmairfield.org/places/losangeles/riverside_ca/index.html History of KRIV, KRAL & KRIR]
- {{FAA-diagram|00769}}
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