Rio Vista Municipal
O88 · Rio Vista, California · Solano County · map
Rio Vista Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rio Vista, 3 miles northwest of Rio Vista, California, 22 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 4,199 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 23 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 35,000 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Rio Vista Municipal?
Its FAA code is O88.
Where is Rio Vista Municipal?
It is 3 miles northwest of Rio Vista, California, 22 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Rio Vista Municipal?
The longest of its 3 runways, 07/25, is 4,199 feet long.
Does Rio Vista Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rio Vista Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Rio Vista Municipal?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Travis Air Force Base Aero Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rio Vista Municipal?
10 pilot examiners and 30 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Rio Vista Municipal…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA O88
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rio Vista
- Elevation
- 22 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to THUR, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1994
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 4,199 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,199 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 180 × 180 ft | Concrete | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, pole 25 ft high 1,365 ft from the end
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.9 | |
| O88 and aWOS-AV | 127.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-AV), by phone 707-374-5396.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Nut Tree Airport (16 nm northwest), Buchanan Field (21 nm southwest), Lodi Airport (21 nm east), Sacramento Executive (22 nm northeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 25 calm wind runway.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 07, 15, 25, and 33; PAPI runway 07, 15, and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 and 15/33; perimeter H1 - the common traffic frequency.
- Lead maintenance supervisor
- Fast pay fuel system available 24 hours.
- Noise sensitive area north of runway 33. Do not overfly ranch and corrals off runway 33. All runways climb to 700 feet before turns.
- Helipad: no autorotations hovering AUTO'S or running landings to pavement.
- Helicopter traffic to helipad remain south of airport 500 feet.
- When wind favors runway 15/33 helicopters may use apron area west of runway 15/33; remain west of airport 500 feet.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 21 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 35,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 17,500 |
| general aviation, local | 17,500 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rio Vista from the FAA register
15 aircraft are registered to owners in Rio Vista, California: 15 piston singles. 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.
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:
- Travis Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · Travis Afb, 13 miles away Travis Air Force Base Aero Club is a flying club founded in 1954 that provides flight training and aircraft rentals to members of the Travis Air Force Base community.
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 8 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 9 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 3 sport aviation examiners, 30 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (12 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · [email protected]
- Jonathan Baror private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Davis Flight Support · Davis, CA (21 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · [email protected]
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (24 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · [email protected]
- Robert Frankovich private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, gliders · Sacramento, CA (31 nm) · (314) 719-9822 · [email protected]
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (38 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · [email protected]
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (38 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · [email protected]
- Michael Healey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · WP 27 Oakland FSDO · Foster City, CA (47 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · [email protected]
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Palo Alto, CA (48 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · [email protected]
All 62 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.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rio Vista 15 aircraft · 15 piston singles
- United States Air Force 2 aircraft in town
- Travis Air Force Base Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,087 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 27,642 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/O88.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 26, 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.