Gooden Airpark
RJD · KRJD · Ridgely, Maryland · Caroline County · map
Gooden Airpark is a public-use airport owned by Air-Land LLC, 2 miles northeast of Ridgely, Maryland, 64 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,214 feet of asphalt.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Gooden Airpark?
Its FAA code is RJD, and its ICAO code is KRJD.
Where is Gooden Airpark?
It is 2 miles northeast of Ridgely, Maryland, 64 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Gooden Airpark?
Its one runway, 12/30, is 3,214 feet long, asphalt.
Does Gooden Airpark have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Gooden Airpark?
14 pilot examiners and 23 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 Gooden Airpark…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RJD · ICAO KRJD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Air-Land LLC
- Elevation
- 64 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1966
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,214 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: power line 27 ft high 1,170 ft from the end
- Runway 30: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 34 ft high 769 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM unmon. |
| Approach and departure Runway 30 | 132.425 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, parachute jumping
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Easton/Newnam Field (14 nm southwest), Dover Air Force Base (21 nm northeast), Cambridge-Dorchester Regional (27 nm south), Delaware Coastal Airport (29 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Easton/Newnam Field (14 nm southwest), Delaware Airpark (19 nm northeast), Bay Bridge Airport (22 nm west), Chandelle Airport (23 nm northeast).
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 Maryland · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR use only.
- Activate airport beacon - the common traffic frequency.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 12 and 30; low-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 - the common traffic frequency.
- UNICOM unmon.
- Faded, crack seal through markings.
- Faded, crack seal through markings.
- Threshold bars and runway nrs are half size.
- Threshold bars and runway nrs are half size.
- Grass areas adjacent to aircraft movement areas soft when wet.
- Unlimited vehicle access to aircraft movement areas.
- Birds, deer and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway/apn pavements are failing with loose aggregate and alligator cracking.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Ridgely from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Ridgely, Maryland: 3 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maryland.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 6 for sport pilot, 5 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 23 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 67 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Easton, MD (14 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Edward Ambler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Easton, MD (14 nm) · (410) 310-3155 · [email protected]
- Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (33 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · [email protected]
- Michael Wayne Deruggiero private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Brett Aviation - Martin State Airport (KMTN) · Middle River, MD (33 nm) · (410) 299-6502 · [email protected]
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Middle River Flight Center · Middle River, MD (33 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · [email protected]
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Baltimore, MD (39 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · [email protected]
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle River Flight Center · Baltimore, MD (39 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · [email protected]
- Robert Bruce Hollen private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Middle River Aviation, Martin State Airport · Baltimore, MD (39 nm) · (410) 292-6390 · [email protected]
All 119 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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 · 7 since 1982, 3 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 Ridgely 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,344 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RJD.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 26, 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.