Richter Aviation Airport
12CN · Maxwell, California · Colusa County · map
Richter Aviation Airport is a private airport, 4 miles east of Maxwell, California, 57 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,856 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 12CN
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 57 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- December 2012
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,856 × 40 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 16: building 20 ft high 300 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Maxwell from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Maxwell, California: 16 piston singles, 3 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR operations and pvt use only.
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 5, 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.