Richmond International Airport

For the airport located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, see Vancouver International Airport.

Richmond International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCapital Region Airport Commission
ServesCentral Virginia
LocationSandston, Virginia, U.S.
Elevation AMSL167 ft / 51 m
Coordinates37°30′18″N 077°19′10″W / 37.50500°N 77.31944°W / 37.50500; -77.31944
Websiteflyrichmond.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram (2009)
FAA airport diagram (2009)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 9,003 2,744 Asphalt
02/20 6,607 2,014 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations104,952
Based aircraft72
Passengers4,755,889
Total cargo (lbs.)206,575,168
Sources: Federal Aviation Administration[1] and RIC Airport[2]

Richmond International Airport (IATA: RIC, ICAO: KRIC, FAA LID: RIC) is a joint civil-military airport in Sandston, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community (in Henrico County). The airport is about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Richmond International Airport is the busiest airport in central Virginia and the third-busiest in the state behind Washington Reagan and Washington Dulles.[3] RIC covers 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) of land.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for RIC PDF effective October 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "RIC Airport Aviation Activity Data for 2023" (PDF). flyrichmond.com. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  3. ^ BTS Transtats
  4. ^ "RIC airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved September 1, 2022.