Richland Airport – RLD Richland
Richland Airport a public-use airport situated the city of Richland, Benton County, Washington. Richland is one the member of the Tri-cities of Washington, the two being Kennewick and Pasco, and where the Hanford Nuclear Site production is located. It has a designated IATA airport code of RLD that serves the air traffic operations of the entire Richland and its surrounding cities of Dayton, Lowden, Touchet and Walla Walla. The airport is primarily used for general aviation and doesn’t cater to any commercial passenger flight.
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The Richland Airport (RLD) has a total land area of 228 hectares at an altitude of 120 meters. The airport has a two asphalt runways; one with 1/19 direction that measures 4,009 meters and the other one at 8/26 direction measuring 3,995 meters. As of 2007, the airport has handled more than 28,500 aircraft movements or a daily average of 79 that are all general aviation or for private recreational aircraft service. The airport is also the base hub of 202 aircrafts consisting mostly of single-engine airplane and ultralight aircrafts.
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The nearest hotel from Richland Airport is Richland Inn and Suites, which is 2-star modern hotel that is also near Columbia State Golf Course. You can also book a stay at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Richland, or the Days Inn by Wyndham Richland or the Home2 Suites by Hilton, which are also near the RLD airport.
Tri-cities Airport (PSC) is the nearest airport from Richland Airport which is roughly around 10 miles away. It is public-use airport serving Tri-cities metropolitan area of Burbank Washington.
