Rancho Murieta Airport
RIU · KRIU · Rancho Murieta, California · Sacramento County · map
Rancho Murieta Airport is a public-use airport owned by Rancho Murieta Airport INC., 1 mile west of Rancho Murieta, California, 144 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,798 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 22 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 8,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Rancho Murieta Airport?
Its FAA code is RIU, and its ICAO code is KRIU.
Where is Rancho Murieta Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Rancho Murieta, California, 144 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Rancho Murieta Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,798 feet long, asphalt.
Does Rancho Murieta Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rancho Murieta Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Rancho Murieta Airport?
5 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Eva Flight Training Academy and Port Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rancho Murieta Airport?
6 pilot examiners and 11 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 Rancho Murieta Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RIU · ICAO KRIU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Rancho Murieta Airport INC.
- Elevation
- 144 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,798 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 04: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, road 8 ft high 222 ft from the end
- Runway 22: VASI, two boxes on the left, tree 95 ft high 2,370 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Sacramento Mather Airport (10 nm northwest), Westover Field Amador County (16 nm southeast), Sacramento Executive (18 nm west).
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
- VFR ONLY-TFC pattern to northwest.
- 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Landing fees apply: pstn sngl $25, pstn twin $40, turbo prop $75, jet $100.
- VASI out of service indefinitely.
- VASI out of service indefinitely.
- All tnsnt aircraft required to park in dsgnd transient area.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway
- +30 feet obs lit power poles parallel to runway 04/22.
- All ultralights must comply with far 103 and have an operating aircraft radio.
- Intersection takeoffs prohibited
- Fsls only: no tgls allowed.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 | 18 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 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 8,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 3,000 |
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 Rancho Murieta from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Rancho Murieta, California: 12 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 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, 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:
- Eva Flight Training Academy 13 aircraft · Mather, 11 miles away EVA Flight Training Academy provides flight training at Mather, California, primarily for cadets of EVA Air.
- Port Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Gold River, 12 miles away
- Arcade Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · El Dorado Hills, 13 miles away
- Aviation Training INC 3 aircraft · Cameron Park, 15 miles away
- Blue Skies Flight Club LLC 1 aircraft · Cameron Park, 15 miles away Blue Skies Flying Club is a member-owned flying club based at Auburn Municipal Airport (S50) in Washington.
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives.
- 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 · EVA Flight Training Center · Mather, CA (9 nm) · (310) 350-5184 · [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 (26 nm) · (314) 719-9822 · [email protected]
- Mark William Montague private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Airport Administration Bldg · Auburn, CA (28 nm) · (775) 843-7510 · [email protected]
- Robert Alan Davids private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Calaveras County Airport · San Andreas, CA (30 nm) · (209) 612-7432 · [email protected]
- John Erich Sawatzky private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Oakley, CA (41 nm) · (925) 354-9419 · [email protected]
- Kenneth Sebastian Cobb private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Inclusive Aviation in the main Terminal · Columbia, CA (42 nm) · (209) 480-6207 · [email protected]
All 30 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.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rancho Murieta 16 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 balloons
- American Aerial Survey INC 2 aircraft in town
- Eva Flight Training Academy 13 aircraft · flight school
- Port Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Arcade Flying Club INC 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 27,658 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RIU.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 27, 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.