RIC

Richmond International Airport

ICAO KRIC37.5052°N 77.3197°W168 ft / 51 mLarge airport
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Richmond International Airport (IATA: RIC, ICAO: KRIC) is a large airport in Richmond, Virginia, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 2 runways; the longest is 9,003 ft (2,744 m). In 2025 it handled 5.0 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1927–1961
1927
OpenedRichmond International Airport opens.
08 NOV 1961
DisasterImperial Airlines Flight 201/8.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Richmond International AirportConcourse AConcourse B
16/34147° / 327° · LIT
LENGTH9,003 ft2,744 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
02/20013° / 193° · LIT
LENGTH6,607 ft2,014 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
3.4M
3.5M
3.6M
3.7M
4.1M
4.4M
1.7M
3.2M
4.1M
4.8M
5.0M
5.0M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

13 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 198 mi / 319 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 256 mi / 412 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 292 mi / 470 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 480 mi / 773 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 526 mi / 847 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 641 mi / 1,032 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 668 mi / 1,075 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 733 mi / 1,179 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,478 mi / 2,379 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 456 mi / 734 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 780 mi / 1,256 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 828 mi / 1,332 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,156 mi / 1,860 kmDENIAHMIAPGDMCOORDBNAATLDTWLGACLTPIEPHLRIC
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 5Allegiant Air 3United Airlines 3Delta Air Lines 2Frontier Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RIC. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Richmond International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers5.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#339of 3,974 · #80 North America · #63 USLongest runway9,003 ft2,744 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,773of 29,823 · =368 North America · =272 USElevation168 ft51 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,726of 43,341 · =15,837 North America · =13,316 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DPOTOMAC APP/DEP118.200
ATISATIS119.150
CLDCLNC DEL127.550
GNDGND121.900
OPSANG OPS142.175
OPSARNG OPS40.200
RDOLEESBURG RDO122.200
TWRTWR121.100
UNICUNICOM122.950