Riverside Airport
RAL · KRAL · Riverside, California · Riverside County · map
Riverside Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Riverside, 4 miles southwest of Riverside, California, 819 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 5,401 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 217 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 139,515 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KRAL · observed 12:53 pm PDT (19:53 UTC), 31 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (170°) at 9 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,200 feet, a broken layer at 3,800 feet, overcast at 6,000 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 56°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.74 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRAL 111953Z 17009KT 10SM -RA FEW032 BKN038 OVC060 20/13 A2974 RMK AO2 RAB46 SLP056 P0000 T02000133
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
2 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET SIERRA 6E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent B737 at 1,000 ft, 36 nm west, 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC): a routine report.
- C172 at 2,500 ft, 0 nm northwest, 11:55 am PDT (18:55 UTC): a routine report.
- BE55 at 6,000 ft, 5 nm southwest, 12:05 pm PDT (19:05 UTC): moderate turbulence.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ONT, 10 nm northwest), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 220° at 16 kt; 6,000 ft: 220° at 20 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 19 kt, 4 °C; 12,000 ft: 230° at 21 kt, -1 °C; 18,000 ft: 230° at 26 kt, -13 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 4/3635 DISNEYLAND THEME PARK, ANAHEIM,, CA 22 nm west · security
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA RAL · ICAO KRAL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Riverside
- Elevation
- 819 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Attended
- M to F, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; S to S, 6:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Los Angeles sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,401 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,850 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 09: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, gnd 37 ft high 1,155 ft from the end
- Runway 16: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.0 | Riverside |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Ral and automated weather (ASOS) | 128.8 | Riverside |
| Ground | 124.125 | Riverside |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace SOUTH-SW | 135.4 | Riverside |
| Ral and vor | 108.6 | |
| Seter and star · Ziggy and star | 127.0 | Riverside |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 951-352-4392.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 191 |
| multi-engine | 18 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 3 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 139,515, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 3,118 |
| general aviation, travelling | 50,595 |
| general aviation, local | 85,333 |
| military | 469 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Riverside from the FAA register
210 aircraft are registered to owners in Riverside, California: 177 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 8 business jets, 5 helicopters, 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: March Arb Airport (10 nm southeast), Chino Airport (10 nm west), Ontario International (10 nm northwest).
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 California · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Riverside, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Riverside, by their names on the register:
- California Baptist University 19 aircraft California Baptist University is a Christ-centered private university in Riverside, California.
- Riverside Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft
- Riverside Flight Academy INC 3 aircraft
- Nexten Flight Academy 1 aircraft NextGen Aviation Academy is a flight school operating at Riverside Municipal Airport (KRAL) and Redlands Municipal Airport (KREI) in Southern California.
Repair stations in Riverside:
- Aircraft Electrical Components INC
- Falcon Services M.R.O. INC
- Flabob Aero Engines, LLC
- Hangar 777 LLC
- True North Avionics LLC
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
34 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 33 for private pilot, 29 for commercial and instrument, 10 for airline transport pilot, 22 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 28 for airplanes, 15 for multi-engine airplanes, 6 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 5 sport aviation examiners, 44 aviation medical examiners, 10 mechanic examiners, 7 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 7 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 26 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 37 training center evaluators, 4 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Leo M Bell private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, helicopters · Riverside, CA (0 nm) · (951) 906-7283 · leobellcas@gmail.com
- Thomas Hamm private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Riverside, CA (0 nm) · (951) 347-2770 · thoshamm@yahoo.com
- Cody Patrick Reynolds private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Cody Reynolds DPE Office Located inside Hangar 103. Northwest corner of 2 story hangar at midfield · Corona, CA (8 nm) · (951) 452-2987 · cody.reynoldsdpe@gmail.com
- Taylor Deley private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Corona Airport · Corona, CA (8 nm) · (714) 381-4286 · taylor.deley@yahoo.com
- James Mason Reid private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Flying Tigers · Chino, CA (10 nm) · (909) 973-7213 · navalairpwr@roadrunner.com
- Mark DiLullo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Threshold - Conference Room Hangar #3 · Chino, CA (10 nm) · (909) 227-6294 · mark@flytti.com
- Michael Patrick Zemlock private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; helicopters · Chino, CA (10 nm) · (909) 489-8546 · zemlock@verizon.net
- Kenneth Warren Earl private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rancho Cucamonga, CA (14 nm) · (909) 921-4474 · jetpilotken@gmail.com
All 176 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 33 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Aircraft departure runways 09 and 27 not vsbl to aircraft at other end of runway.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 09/27 and 16/34; taxiway lights; helicopter peri lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runways 09, 27 and 34 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude light aircraft 1000'; jet and all other aircraft 1500'.
- Supplemental wind cone 0 feet from threshold 350 feet south of runway centerline.
- Runway 27: -20 feet ditch 50 feet from runway 27 thld.
- Power plant 3,000 feet north of runway 16 thld producing thermal plume, avoidance advised,
- Numerous power lines 1,780 - 2,887 feet north of runway 16 thld at or below 80 feet above ground level.
- South 1,400 feet of runway 34 and taxiway J and south 500 feet of taxiway B not vsb from tower.
- Taxiway east steep slope
- Taxiway L not vsb from tower.
- Turbine eng aircraft: preferred rolling takeoff for noise mgmt.
- Runway 27 departure: for noise mgmt, after departure turn right 10 degreess; assume crs after rchg 1500 above sea level.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Riverside 210 aircraft · 177 piston singles, 12 piston twins, 8 business jets
- California Baptist University 19 aircraft in town
- Flabob Airport LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Riverside Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft in town
- California Aviation Services INC 5 aircraft in town
- California Aviation Services INC 5 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Tm Aviation Services LLC 2 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- California Baptist University 19 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Riverside Flight Academy LLC 6 aircraft · flight school
- Riverside Flight Academy INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Aircraft Electrical Components INC · repair station
- Falcon Services M.R.O. INC · repair station
- Flabob Aero Engines, LLC · repair station
- Hangar 777 LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 33 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RAL.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 9, 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.