Richmond Airport is a public use airport

Airport

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 in Washington County

Washington County, Rhode Island

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, Rhode Island

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, United States

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. It is located three nautical mile

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s (6 km

Kilometre

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) west of the central business district

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 of West Kingston, Rhode Island. The airport is privately owned by Gordon Realty, Inc.

Facilities and aircraft

Richmond Airport covers an area of 67 acres (27.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 130 feet (40 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 11/29 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,129 by 30 feet (649 x 9 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 30, 2007, the airport had 9,500 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 26 per day. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine

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 and 29% ultralight.

External links

• Aerial photo as of 5 April 2001 from USGS The National Map via MSR Maps
• Airfield photos of Richmond Airport (08R) from Civil Air Patrol
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