Redding Regional
RDD · KRDD · Redding, California · Shasta County · map
Redding Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Redding, 6 miles southeast of Redding, California, 505 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 7,003 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRDD · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 101°F (38°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 29.85 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 light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm PDT (03:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRDD 062053Z 33006KT 10SM CLR 38/04 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP100 T03830039 58022
TAF KRDD 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB05KT P6SM SKC FM062200 16004KT P6SM SKC FM070300 VRB04KT 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 RDD · ICAO KRDD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Redding
- Elevation
- 505 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:30 am to 9:30 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Klamath Falls sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 7,003 × 150 ft | Asphalt, poor | High-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 5,067 × 150 ft | Asphalt, poor | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 1,700 ft from the end
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 13: trees 65 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 88 ft high 2,075 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.8 | Redding |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.1 | Redding |
| Ground | 121.7 | Redding |
| Red Bluff Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.2 | Redding |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 530-276-8557.
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 Redding from the FAA register
192 aircraft are registered to owners in Redding, California: 147 piston singles, 15 turboprops, 13 helicopters, 7 piston twins, 6 business jets. 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 · 26 since 1982, 1 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17; PAPI runway 17; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Wind tee and wind cone colocated in segmented circle.
- Runway 13/31 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded, not reflective.
- Markings faded.
- Markings faded, not reflective.
- Severe cracking.
- Severe cracking.
- U.south. Forest service on field, expect heavy air tanker activity during fire season.
- Field conditions runway; apns and taxiways good to fair.
- For noise abatement avoid overflights of residential housing when possible.
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.