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KRIC · Richmond International Airport

ICAO · US · 21 NTSB events

ID KRIC FAA RIC Elev 167 ft Lat 37° 30.31' N Lon 77° 19.18' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

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Wind / Visibility

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Density altitude (now)

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Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 9,003 ft. Max gradient: 0.10%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
16 147.6° 9,003 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.07%
34 327.7° 9,003 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.07%
02 13.4° 6,607 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.10%
20 193.4° 6,607 ft 150 ft ASP Yes 0.10%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 9 frequencies

  • ATIS ATIS 119.150
  • CLD CLNC DEL 127.550
  • GND GND 121.900
  • TWR TWR 121.100
  • A/D POTOMAC APP/DEP 118.200
  • OPS ARNG OPS 40.200
  • OPS ANG OPS 142.175
  • RDO LEESBURG RDO 122.200
  • UNIC UNICOM 122.950

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  • VORTAC RIC

    Richmond

    114.10 MHz · DME 114.10 · BOTH · HIGH

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · 0 matched · 21 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (21 sentences)
  • ·NO TURBOJET ACFT PRACTICE LDGS 2200-0700.
  • ·TWY V BTN TWY A & TWY R RSTRD FM USE BY ACFT WITH WINGSPANS GREATER THAN 99 FT.
  • ·NO TAXIING BTN PUSHED BACK ACFT AND THE TRML ON THE ACR RAMP.
  • ·DUE TO OPR CONSTRAINTS ACFT PUSHED BACK FOR DEP PROHIBITED FM HLDG ON ACR RAMPS FOR MORE THAN 5 MINS.
  • ·CONS CONST ON ARPT; BE ALERT FOR FREQ RWY & TWY CLOSURES.
  • ·ATC CLNC RQRD FOR PUSHBACKS FROM GATES A6, A8, A10, A12, A14, B5, B7, B9, B11, B13 ONTO TWY A.
  • ·ATC CLNC RQRD FOR PUSHBACK FROM HARDSTANDS C9, C10 AND C12 ONTO TWY T.
  • ·ARPT SFC COND NOT MNTD 0000 TO 0600 LCL TIME.
  • ·FOR AIRFIELD INFO OR ARPT OPNS CALL 804-226-0001.
  • ·BIRD ACT INVOF ALL RWYS & TWYS & INVOF ARPT.
  • ·ACR APRON CLSD TO UNSKED ACFT WEIGHING UNDER 35000 LBS.
  • ·NO EDGE LGTS ON N/S SECTION OF TWY V - REFLECTORS ONLY.
  • ·HOLD LINE RWY 20 EAST SIDE LCTD ACROSS RWY 34 150 FT FM DEP END.
  • ·HOLD LINE RWY 20 WEST SIDE ACROSS TWY A & ALSO SERVES AS HOLD LINE FOR RWY 16; SIGNAGE INDICATES BOTH RWYS.
  • ·NON-RDO EQUIPPED VEHICLES CROSSING MIDFIELD TWYS C, E AND H AND DRIVING ON TWY L.
  • ·THE FOLLOWING AREAS ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THE TWR: PORTIONS OF THE ACR APRON; ANG ACFT PRKG RAMP.
  • ·DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RWY 02/20, TWY UNIFORM SIGNAGE MAY BE BEHIND ACFT, ONCE CLEAR OF RWY 02/20.
  • ·RIC HAS FACILITY CONSTRAINTS THAT LIMIT ITS ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE DIVERTED FLTS AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGES ACFT OPRS TO CTC ARPT OPNS AT 804-226-0001 FOR PRIOR CDN OF DIVERTED FLTS, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A DECLARED IN-FLIGHT EMERG.
  • ·ARFF INDEX D/E AVBL UPON REQUEST.
  • ·PCR VALUE: 820/F/C/X/T PCR VALUE: 600/F/B/X/T EXISTED PRIOR TO 1959.
  • ·TPA - 1033 AGL SINGLE ENGINE, LGT ACFT, 1533 AGL ALL OTHERS.

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

Yes

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FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

21 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

20

since 1982

Fatal

2

10.0% of total

Last 5 years

1

≈ 0.2/yr

Last 10 years

2

≈ 0.2/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 154,925 ops in 1993

2024 total

102,473

10-yr total

963,070

2024 mix

AC/AT 66% · GA 27% · Mil 7%

Events / million ops

2.1

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.21

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=3

  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Ground collision 1

All time · n=21

  • Other 5
  • Stall / spin 3
  • Fuel exhaustion / starvation 3
  • Engine failure / power loss 2
  • Weather · wind / icing / convective 2
  • Ground collision 2
  • Hard landing 2
  • Fire / smoke 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2026-04-18 Cessna 421 · Ground collision · day →
2024-06-30 Cessna 525 · Loss of control · IMC · day →
2018-09-05 Cessna 180 · Fuel exhaustion · day →
2015-03-07 Cessna 172S · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2011-07-26 Piper PA-28-161 · Fuel exhaustion · IMC · night →
2011-04-11 Piper PA-31-350 · Stall / spin · VMC · night →
2009-03-21 ROBINSON HELICOPTER R22 BETA · Engine failure · VMC · night →
2008-03-09 Cessna 172R · Hard landing · VMC · day →
2007-04-25 Piper PA-32-300 · Stall / spin · IMC · day →
2003-03-15 Cessna R172K · Ground collision · night-moonlit →
2001-08-30 Embraer ERJ-135ER · Weather · day →
1999-03-09 Piper PA-32R-300 · Weather · IMC · dusk →
1994-09-10 Cessna 195 B · Other · VMC · day →
1992-03-06 Piper PA-23-250 · Other · IMC →
1991-12-01 Piper PA-24-180 · Fuel exhaustion · night →
1989-11-10 Beech C33 · Other · VMC · day →
1988-10-06 Cessna 172 · Stall / spin · day →
1987-09-07 Balloon Works Firefly 7 · Other · day →
1984-01-26 British Aerospace 1-11 · Engine failure · VMC · dusk →
1983-07-26 Piper PA-31-350 · Other · IMC · dawn →
1982-11-22 Piper PA-31-350 · Fire · night-moonlit →

Designees in VA

CFI Flight Instructors 1,802 A&P Mechanics 4,380 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 58 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 10 DPRE Parachute Rigger Examiners (DPRE) 2 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 1 DAR-T Maintenance Airworthiness (DAR-T) 3 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 2 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 35 Schools Flight Schools 56 FBO Fixed Base Operators 51 Clubs Flying Clubs 37 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 10 EAA EAA Chapters 13

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Andrew Walton Richmond VA 8 nm
Michael Gwinn Richmond VA 8 nm
Christopher Bryan Smith Chesterfield VA 9 nm
John Thompson Molumphy Amelia Court House VA 33 nm
Michael Arthur Pearson Fredericksburg VA 48 nm
Anthony James Capozzi California MD 62 nm
Wilfred Bernard Consol Gasburg VA 63 nm
Bradley Palmer Charlottesville VA 64 nm
Steven Earl Nixon Brandy Station VA 65 nm
David Hynes Chesapeake VA 70 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Andrew Peter Klarmann Sandston VA 1 nm
Dennis-Michael Mckaskey Henrico VA 4 nm
Nikhil Joshua Das Henrico VA 4 nm
Gregory Sparks Dexter Richmond VA 8 nm
Joseph Lee Hoyle Richmond VA 8 nm
Gene Arthur Pfaff Richmond VA 8 nm
Richard Peter Solana Richmond VA 8 nm
Dewitt Pendry Whittington Richmond VA 8 nm
Murray Edgar Blake Richmond VA 8 nm
William Wesley Clopton Ii Richmond VA 8 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
Lester Eugene Hershey Sandston VA 1 nm
Andrew Peter Klarmann Sandston VA 1 nm
Mark Douglas Weaver Sandston VA 1 nm
Jimmie Bryan Crumley Sandston VA 1 nm
Robert Bruce Fone Sandston VA 1 nm
Michael Joseph Mcguckin Sandston VA 1 nm
Henry F Pope Sandston VA 1 nm
Joseph William Rethemeyer Sandston VA 1 nm
Thomas Stephen Boyle Sandston VA 1 nm
Robert Kenneth Macgillivray Sandston VA 1 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology Inc.
Tappahannock, VA
 29 nm
Whiskey75 Services, LLC
Topping, VA
 42 nm
Bay Avionics, LTD
Suffolk, VA
 60 nm
Aircraft Repair Solutions
Chesapeake, VA
 61 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Chesapeake, VA
Chesapeake, VA
 64 nm
Norfolk Aviation
Norfolk, VA
 65 nm
Flywyld Aviation
Manassas, VA
 74 nm
Aviation Institute of Maintenance - Washington, DC
Manassas, VA
 78 nm
Shenandoah Avionics, LLC
Weyers Cave, VA
 88 nm
Skydive Front Royal
Front Royal, VA
 96 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.