# March Air Reserve Base (RIV / KRIV) **March Air Reserve Base** (IATA: RIV, ICAO: KRIV) is a medium airport in Riverside, California, United States. It opened in 1917. It has 2 runways; the longest is 13,302 ft (4,054 m). It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2024 it handled 3 thousand passengers. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriv ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: RIV / KRIV - FAA: RIV - Type: Medium airport - Operator: United States Air Force - Serves: Riverside, California, United States - Opened: 1917 - Elevation: 1,536 ft / 468 m - Coordinates: 33.8807, -117.2590 - Runways: 2 - Longest runway: 13,302 ft / 4,054 m - Instrument procedures: 10 approaches, 1 departure, 2 arrivals - Passengers: 3,432 (2024) - Time zone: UTC-8/-7 · America/Los_Angeles - Website: https://www.march.afrc.af.mil - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base (25 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031829 - Weather station: KRIV · WMO 72286 - Ident: KRIV ## Timeline - 1917: March Air Reserve Base opens. - 26 Feb 1918: Renamed Alessandro Field. - 20 Mar 1918: Renamed March Field. - 1 Apr 1996: Renamed March Air Reserve Base. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 14/32 | 13,302 ft / 4,054 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Concrete | 149° / 329° | yes | | 12/30 | 3,061 ft / 933 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00348AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2018 | 10,920 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 12,114 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 5,987 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 4,548 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 7,243 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 5,589 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 3,432 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (5) - [BOI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kboi.md) Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · United States · 671 mi / 1,080 km · Amazon Air - [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 2,057 mi / 3,311 km · Amazon Air - [BWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwi.md) Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · United States · 2,264 mi / 3,644 km · Amazon Air - [ABE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabe.md) Lehigh Valley International Airport · United States · 2,324 mi / 3,740 km · Amazon Air - [HNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/phnl.md) Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · United States · 2,617 mi / 4,212 km · Amazon Air ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RIV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (1) - MZN [Amazon Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amazon-air) · 5 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 3K (2024) | =3,023 of 3,974 | #801 in North America | #579 in US | | Longest runway | 13,302 ft / 4,054 m | #89 of 29,858 | #33 in North America | #28 in US | | Elevation | 1,536 ft / 468 m | =11,746 of 43,403 | =5,094 in North America | =3,868 in US | | Age | Opened 1917 | =136 of 15,079 | =13 in North America | =12 in US | | Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | APP/DEP | 119.250 | | ATIS | ATIS | 134.750 | | GCCD | GND/CLNC DEL | 121.750 | | OPS | ANG OPS | 29.370 | | PMSV | PMSV METRO | 23.980 | | POST | COMD POST | 31.100 | | PTD | PTD | 37.220 | | RDO | RIVERSIDE RDO | 113.400 | | TWR | TWR | 127.650 | ## Nearby airports - [RAL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kral.md) Riverside Municipal Airport · 12 mi / 19 km - [SBD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksbd.md) San Bernardino International Airport · 15 mi / 24 km - [ONT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kont.md) Ontario International Airport · 23 mi / 37 km - [SNA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksna.md) John Wayne Orange County International Airport · 38 mi / 61 km - [KNFG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knfg.md) Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) Airport · 40 mi / 65 km - [PSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpsp.md) Palm Springs International Airport · 43 mi / 70 km ## In collections - [Longest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/longest-runways) #89 - [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #90 ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [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) - [Wikipedia: “March Air Reserve Base”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=March_Air_Reserve_Base&oldid=1375172264), revision of 16 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [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/kriv/data