Rich Field
06IA · Walford, Iowa · Iowa County · map
Rich Field is a private airport, 2 miles north of Walford, Iowa, 880 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,700 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 06IA
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 880 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Chicago sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1E
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,700 × 100 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: The Eastern Iowa Airport (6 nm northeast), Iowa City Municipal (18 nm southeast), Marion Airport (18 nm northeast), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (24 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: The Eastern Iowa Airport (6 nm northeast), Iowa City Municipal (18 nm southeast), Marion Airport (18 nm northeast), Vinton Veterans Memorial Airpark (24 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Iowa · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided a clear approach to each runway for a 20:1 glide slope and a clear transitional surface for a 7:1 slope.
- Runway 09/27 marked by cones.
- No winter operations.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Walford from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Walford, Iowa: 1 piston single, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Iowa.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Executive Aero Flight Club LLC 2 aircraft · Cedar Rapids, 7 miles away Executive Aero Club is a private, members-only Cirrus Training Center based at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with a second location at Ankeny Airport.
- Cloud 9 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Cedar Rapids, 7 miles away
- Green Castle Aero Club LTD 4 aircraft · Oxford, 8 miles away
- Fugarwe Flyers 1 aircraft · Oxford, 8 miles away Future Flyers of Iowa is a flight school located at Winterset Municipal Airport in Winterset, Iowa.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Walford 2 aircraft · 1 piston singles, 1 balloons
- Executive Aero Flight Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Cloud 9 Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Green Castle Aero Club LTD 4 aircraft · flying club
- Accidents and incidents in Iowa 869 since 1982 · 129 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Iowa 112 landing places
- Iowa 4,506 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/06IA.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.