Richland Airport
RLD · KRLD · Richland, Washington · Benton County · map
Richland Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Benton, 2 miles northwest of Richland, Washington, 394 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 4,009 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRLD · observed 1:55 pm PDT (20:55 UTC), 24 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KRLD 062055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/08 A3008 RMK AO2 T02620079
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 RLD · ICAO KRLD
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Benton
- Elevation
- 394 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- 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
- On the chart
- Seattle sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17E
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1950
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 4,009 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left, ant 13 ft high 396 ft from the end
- Runway 19: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), right-hand traffic pattern, pole 24 ft high 795 ft from the end
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, rr 16 ft high 573 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure North and west | 128.75 | |
| Yakima and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.6 | |
| Rld and aWOS-3PT | 132.675 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 509-375-4247.
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 Richland from the FAA register
85 aircraft are registered to owners in Richland, Washington: 64 piston singles, 7 gliders, 4 drones, 3 turboprops, 3 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 Washington.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 17 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 mals runway 19; runway end identifier lights runways 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 and 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 26 and PAPI runways 01, 08 and 19 operates 24 hours.
- Pilots bring own ropes.
- Fuel by major credit card - 24 hour availability.
- CLOSE-IN obstruction gnd.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3.0 NM from threshold for trrn on right side of runway centerline at approximately 3.5 NM.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees right of centerline.
- Road 550' west approach end runway 08.
- Preferred runway 01-19 in calm wind conditions.
- Airfield conditions unmon nights, weekends and holidays.
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.