# River Valley Airport (WS78)

**River Valley Airport** (FAA: WS78) is a small airport in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States. It opened in Nov 2002. It has one runway, 1,610 ft (491 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ws78

## At a glance

- FAA: WS78
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States
- Opened: Nov 2002
- Elevation: 1,525 ft / 465 m
- Coordinates: 45.5503, -89.4878
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,610 ft / 491 m
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49750138
- Weather station: KRHI
- Ident: WS78

## Timeline

- Nov 2002: River Valley Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 1,610 ft / 491 m | 120 ft / 37 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,610 ft / 491 m | =27,366 of 29,858 | =13,708 in North America | =12,187 in US |
| Elevation | 1,525 ft / 465 m | =11,819 of 43,403 | =5,120 in North America | #3,892 in US |
| Age | Opened 2002 | =11,541 of 15,079 | =9,106 in North America | =8,980 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [RHI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krhi.md) Rhinelander Oneida County Airport · 5.7 mi / 9.1 km
- [WI42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/wi42.md) Pine Grove Airport · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [4WI4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4wi4.md) Turner Airport · 13 mi / 20 km
- [US-7430](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-7430.md) Prairie Rapids Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [WS39](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ws39.md) Pinewood Air Park · 13 mi / 21 km
- [KTKV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktkv.md) Tomahawk Regional Airport · 16 mi / 26 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/ws78/data