Richmond Municipal
RID · KRID · Richmond, Indiana · Wayne County · map
Richmond Municipal is a public-use airport, 5 miles southeast of Richmond, Indiana, 1,140 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,502 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRID · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°C), dew point 41°F (5°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 KRID 062115Z AUTO 14007KT 10SM CLR 20/05 A3007 RMK AO2
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 RID · ICAO KRID
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,140 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:45 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,999 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 5,200 ft available for landing, road 18 ft high 320 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 72 ft high 1,740 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 66 ft high 2,550 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 133.55 | |
| Approach and departure | 134.45 | |
| Rid and aWOS-3 | 121.225 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 765-983-1903.
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 Richmond from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Richmond, Indiana: 19 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 balloon. 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 Indiana.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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 06; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 and runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- 10 feet crops 105 feet L of runway end centerline.
- 10 feet crops 100 feet L and R of runway end centerline.
- Approach ratio 34:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 24:1 to threshold.
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.