# Riverside Municipal Airport (RAL / KRAL)

**Riverside Municipal Airport** (IATA: RAL, ICAO: KRAL) is a medium airport in Riverside, California, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,401 ft (1,646 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kral

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RAL / KRAL
- FAA: RAL
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Riverside, California, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 819 ft / 250 m
- Coordinates: 33.9519, -117.4450
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 5,401 ft / 1,646 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 1 departure, 2 arrivals
- Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles
- Website: http://www.riversideca.gov/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Municipal_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7338544
- Weather station: KRAL
- Ident: KRAL

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Riverside Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 5,401 ft / 1,646 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |
| 16/34 | 2,850 ft / 869 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 179° / 359° | yes |

- 09/27 slopes 1.1%: threshold 09 at 760 ft / 232 m, threshold 27 at 819 ft / 250 m.
- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00769AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,401 ft / 1,646 m | =5,611 of 29,858 | =1,815 in North America | =1,456 in US |
| Elevation | 819 ft / 250 m | =21,055 of 43,403 | =9,822 in North America | =8,056 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | SOCAL APP/DEP | 135.400 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.800 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 121.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.050 |
| RDO | RDO | 25.540 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.000 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [RIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriv.md) March Air Reserve Base · 12 mi / 19 km
- [SBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksbd.md) San Bernardino International Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 31 mi / 50 km
- [KSLI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksli.md) Los Alamitos Army Air Field · 36 mi / 59 km
- [LGB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klgb.md) Long Beach International Airport · 41 mi / 67 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kral/data