Richmond County
RCZ · KRCZ · Rockingham, North Carolina · Richmond County · map
Richmond County is a public-use airport owned by Richmond County, 3 miles south of Rockingham, North Carolina, 358 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 11 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 10,060 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KRCZ · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 53°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KRCZ 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/12 A3007 RMK AO2 T02120117
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 RCZ · ICAO KRCZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Richmond County
- Elevation
- 358 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 3,009 × 490 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 150 ft, trees 14 ft high 220 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 201 ft, rr 20 ft high 215 ft from the end
- Runway 04: trees 33 ft high 90 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 127.8 | |
| Rcz and aWOS-3 | 118.775 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 910-997-4093.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,060, 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 Rockingham from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockingham, North Carolina: 12 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Runway 14 has 60 feet DROP-OFF 350 feet from dthr all sides.
- Activate dusk to dawn. Runway end identifier lights runway 32; PAPI runway 14 and 32; medium-intensity runway lights runway 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays.
- 100LL and jet a - 24 hour SELF-SVC with credit card.
- JET-A fuel truck available.
- 19 feet trees between 0 to 200 feet from runway end and offset 151 feet R of centerline and 11 feet trees 182 feet from runway end offset 136 feet L of centerline.
- 15 feet road, 5 feet fence, and 20 feet rlrd all 0-200 feet from runway end offset between 90-200 feet R of centerline.
- Approach slope 12:1 at dthr due to 14 feet trees 372 feet from dthr offset 9 feet R of centerline.
- Approach slope 11:1 at dthr due to 20 feet rlrd 439 feet from dthr 235 feet R of centerline.
- Runway 32 has nmrs obstructions in approach inclng 5 feet fence, 12 feet road, and 20 feet rlrd.
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.