Red Bluff Municipal
RBL · KRBL · Red Bluff, California · Tehama County · map
Red Bluff Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Red Bluff, 2 miles south of Red Bluff, California, 352 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 5,431 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 87 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 26,150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRBL · observed 2:54 pm PDT (21:54 UTC), 59 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 100°F (38°C), dew point 42°F (6°C)
- Altimeter 29.83 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:20 am PDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 2:00 pm PDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 11:00 pm PDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRBL 062154Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 38/06 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP096 T03780056
TAF KRBL 061720Z 0618/0718 36007KT P6SM SKC FM062100 16005KT P6SM SKC FM070600 32005KT P6SM SKC
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RBL · ICAO KRBL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Red Bluff
- Elevation
- 352 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1948
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 5,431 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| H1 | 60 × 65 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Rbl and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.775 | |
| Red Bluff Rco | 122.4 | Red Bluff |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-567-4344.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 26,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Red Bluff from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Red Bluff, California: 47 helicopters, 39 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 · 15 since 1982, 3 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
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; PAPI runway 15 and VASI runway 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude: 1500 above ground level tbjt operations; 1000 above ground level all others.
- Automated credit card fuel system 24 hours.
- Taxiways have hwy type edge reflectors.
- Ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 15 calm wind runway.
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.