Richmond International Airport

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Richmond International Airport
RIC Terminal Building.jpg
Characteristics
ICAO code KRIC
IATA code RIC
Coordinates

37 ° 30 ′ 18 ″  N , 77 ° 19 ′ 10 ″  W Coordinates: 37 ° 30 ′ 18 ″  N , 77 ° 19 ′ 10 ″  W
Height above MSL 51 m (167  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 10 km southeast of Richmond
Street I-64 / I-295 / US 60
Local transport bus
Basic data
opening October 15, 1927
operator Capital Region Airport Commission
Terminals 1
Passengers 3,657,479 (2017)
Air freight 61,378 t (2017)
Flight
movements 		96,583 (2017)
Employees 3,433 (2016)
Runways
02/20 2014 m × 46 m asphalt
07/25 1623 m × 30 m asphalt
16/34 2744 m × 46 m asphalt



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The Richmond International Airport is the airport of Richmond , the capital of the US state Virginia .

Location and transport links

Richmond International Airport is located ten kilometers southeast of downtown Richmond in the Sandston parish .

Interstate 64 and US Highway 60 run north of Richmond International Airport . In addition, Interstate 295 runs east and Virginia State Route 895 runs south . The airport itself is not part of public transport , but buses operated by the Greater Richmond Transit Company operate on the nearby US Highway 60.

history

The airport opened on October 15, 1927 as the Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field , named in honor of the polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd . Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis aircraft were guests at the inauguration . The airline Eastern Air Lines (then Eastern Air Transport ) took in 1932 to the first scheduled flights from Byrd Field.

The United States Army Air Corps used the airport from 1942 until the end of World War II , and the infrastructure was expanded during this time. In 1968, further renovation and expansion measures were carried out for $ 2.8 million (the equivalent of $ 20.5 million today). In addition to Eastern Air Lines , National Airlines , Piedmont Airlines and United Airlines also added the airport to their route network.

In 1984 the airport was renamed Richmond International Airport . In 1985, Richmond was one of the first airports to receive a microwave landing system (MLS). While elsewhere exploring the utility of MLS for commercial aviation, the Richmond project emphasized the involvement of general aviation .

The terminal building was expanded in 1995, 2002 and 2007, and a new control tower was inaugurated in 2004.

Airlines and Destinations

In 2017, around 3.7 million passengers used Richmond Airport. The most important airlines were Delta Air Lines , American Airlines , the regional airline ExpressJet Airlines , which flies to the airport exclusively on behalf of other airlines, and the low-cost airlines Jetblue Airways and Southwest Airlines . There are scheduled flights within the United States.

Traffic figures

Source: Richmond International Airport
Source: Richmond International Airport
Richmond International Airport traffic figures 1999-2017
year Passenger numbers Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail)		 Aircraft movements
(with military)
2017 3,657,479 61,378 96,583
2016 3,559,052 61.002 94,722
2015 3,513,142 53,930 99,067
2014 3,352,651 52,874 100,695
2013 3,196,480 53,401 97.903
2012 3,167,294 47,827 98,228
2011 3,179,956 42,281 102.192
2010 3,311,747 38,572 103.810
2009 3,305,199 38,625 104,884
2008 3,490,356 48,766 117,650
2007 3,634,544 52,704 121,244
2006 3,294,045 52,515 120,581
2005 2,903,503 50,732 134.414
2004 2,496,230 51,835 133.904
2003 2,390,497 52,945 127.238
2002 2,360,418 53.208 131,978
2001 2,411,732 52,663 144.107
2000 2,687,444 66,991 154,689
1999 2,618,921 66,989 151,522

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Richmond (2017)
rank city Passengers airline
01 Atlanta , Georgia 517.920 Delta , Southwest
02 Charlotte , North Carolina 255.330 American
03 Chicago-O'Hare , Illinois 156,330 United
04th Boston , Massachusetts 155.730 Delta, JetBlue
05 Dallas / Fort Worth , Texas 102.050 American
06th New York – LaGuardia , New York 096,940 American, Delta
07th Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 088,130 American
08th Orlando , Florida 063,730 JetBlue, Spirit
09 Detroit , Michigan 062,140 delta
10 Newark , New Jersey 056,200 United

Web links

Commons : Richmond International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Monthly Statistics. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  3. ^ Economic Impact. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  4. ^ Ground Transportation. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  5. ^ Statement by John Kern, Deputy Director of Flight Operations, Federal Aviation Administration, Before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials, Concerning Area Navigation, STOL Aircraft, and Microwave Landing Systems ( English , PDF; 370 kB) July 24, 1984. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  6. ↑ a b Richmond, VA: Richmond International (RIC). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed September 18, 2018 .
  7. ↑ a b Route Map. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b Archived Statistics. FlyRichmond.com, accessed September 18, 2018 .