Tulsa Riverside Airport
RVS · KRVS · Tulsa, Oklahoma · Tulsa County · map
Tulsa Riverside Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Tulsa, 5 miles south of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 638 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01L/19R, is 5,101 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRVS · observed 2:53 pm CDT (19:53 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southwest (210°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 83°F (28°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm CDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the south at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRVS 061953Z 21003KT 10SM CLR 28/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02830106
TAF KRVS 061720Z 0618/0718 18006KT P6SM SKC FM070100 19003KT 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 RVS · ICAO KRVS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Tulsa
- Elevation
- 638 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Kansas City sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1958
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 5,101 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01R/19L | 4,205 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,639 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 31 ft high 1,450 ft from the end
- Runway 19R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 36 ft high 1,076 ft from the end
- Runway 01R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 19L: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 142 ft, power line 48 ft high 826 ft from the end
- Runway 13: trees 71 ft high 1,329 ft from the end
- Runway 31: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 120.3 | Riverside |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Rvs and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.5 | Riverside |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 124.5 | Riverside |
| Ground | 121.7 | Riverside |
| Tower (secondary) | 119.2 | Riverside · Use as pri local/tower frequency only when advised by ATIS or air traffic control. |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 356 to 174 | 119.85 | Riverside |
| Approach and departure arriving from headings 175 to 355 | 134.7 | Riverside |
| Vinta and star | 119.1 | Riverside |
| Departure procedure (TULSA) | 124.0 | Riverside |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 918-299-0740.
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 Tulsa from the FAA register
548 aircraft are registered to owners in Tulsa, Oklahoma: 363 piston singles, 71 business jets, 39 piston twins, 36 turboprops, 14 helicopters. 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 Oklahoma.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 50 since 1982, 3 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
- Northeast, northwest and southwest ramps, ptns of txl CC, DD and GG not vsb from the control tower.
- When the control tower closed activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 01R/19L and 13/31; high-intensity runway lights runway 01L/19R; taxiway H, L, T and Z; txl DD - the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 01L/19R preset med intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Aft hour prior permission required.
- 8 feet road 200 feet from runway threshold, both sides.
- L turn on departure bfr 1500 feet above sea level NA.
- Mntn pattern altitude until abeam aer on downwind leg.
- 48 feet power line 826 feet from runway 19L end creates 20:1 approach clnc slp to dthr.
- Only cntr 80 feet grvd.
- Noise abatement: turns on departure prior to 1500 feet above sea level NA.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Txl BB and northwest pvt hngr area txl 20 feet wide.
- Northeast and northwest pvt hngr area wingspan gtr than 49 feet NA; txl WT lmt 12500 LB.
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.