# RAAF Base Richmond (XRH / YSRI)

**RAAF Base Richmond** (IATA: XRH, ICAO: YSRI) is a medium airport in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia. It opened in 1916. It has one runway, 2,134 m (7,001 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Australian Air Force.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: XRH / YSRI
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Australian Air Force
- Serves: Richmond, New South Wales, Australia
- Opened: 1916
- Elevation: 20 m / 67 ft
- Coordinates: -33.6047, 150.7831
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,134 m / 7,001 ft
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Sydney
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_Richmond (12 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1403609
- Weather station: YSRI · WMO 94753
- Ident: YSRI

## Timeline

- 1916: RAAF Base Richmond opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,134 m / 7,001 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 107° / 287° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,134 m / 7,001 ft | =3,476 of 29,858 | #86 in Oceania | #49 in AU |
| Elevation | 20 m / 67 ft | =38,312 of 43,403 | =1,692 in Oceania | =1,024 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1916 | =108 of 15,079 | #2 in Oceania | #2 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACP | RICCOM COMD POST | 26.170 |
| APP | SYDNEY APP | 135.900 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 34.700 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 135.500 |
| FSS | SYDNEY RADAR | 124.550 |
| GCA | AMC OPS | 34.940 |
| SMC | SMC | 128.250 |
| SFA | AOCS HF NET | 897.400 |
| TWR | TWR | 135.500 |
| SMCV | SMCV | 121.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [WSI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0539.md) Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport · 32 km / 20 mi
- [BWU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysbk.md) Sydney Bankstown Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [CDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yscn.md) Camden Airport · 49 km / 30 mi
- [SYD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yssy.md) Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport · 53 km / 33 mi
- [WOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yshl.md) Shellharbour Airport · 106 km / 66 mi
- [BHS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybth.md) Bathurst Airport · 107 km / 67 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #78

## Sources

- [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/ysri/data