Rice Lake Regional Airport

Rice Lake Regional Airport (IATA: RIE, ICAO: KRPD, FAA LID: RPD) is a city owned public use airport located five nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the central business district of Rice Lake, a city in Barron County, Wisconsin, United States.[1] The airport is situated in the village of Cameron.[2] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a local general aviation facility.[3]

Rice Lake Regional Airport

Carl's Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of Rice Lake
ServesRice Lake, Wisconsin
LocationCameron, Wisconsin
Time zoneCST (UTC−06:00)
 • Summer (DST)CDT (UTC−05:00)
Elevation AMSL1,109 ft / 338 m
Coordinates45°25′12″N 091°46′24″W / 45.42000°N 91.77333°W / 45.42000; -91.77333
Websitewww.RiceLakeAirport.com
Map
RIE is located in Wisconsin
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Location of airport in Wisconsin
RIE is located in the United States
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RIE (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 6,700 2,042 Asphalt
13/31 3,500 1,067 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2023)27,650
Based aircraft (2024)26
Sources: FAA.[1] and airport website[2]

Opened in 1995, it was named Carl's Field for Carl Rindlisbacher, the longtime manager of Arrowhead field, one of Rice Lake's previous airports.[4]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RPD by the FAA and RIE by the IATA.[5]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Rice Lake Regional Airport covers an area of 750 acres (300 ha) at an elevation of 1,109 feet (338 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: the primary runway 1/19 is 6,700 by 100 feet (2,042 x 30 m) and ILS equipped; the crosswind runway 13/31 is 3,500 by 75 feet (1,067 x 23 m).[1]

RICE LAKE (RPD) VOR/DME, 110.0 MHz, is located on field.

Rice Lake Air Center is the fixed-base operator.

For the 12-month period ending July 3, 2023, the airport had 27,650 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 90% general aviation, 10% air taxi and less than 1% military. In March 2024, there were 26 aircraft based at this airport: 21 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 1 jet and 2 helicopter.[1]

Cargo edit

AirlinesDestinations
UPS Minneapolis/St. Paul

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for RPD PDF, effective March 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Rice Lake Regional Airport, official website
  3. ^ "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
  4. ^ Rice Lake Airport History from official airport website
  5. ^ Great Circle Mapper: RIE / KRPD - Rice Lake Regional Airport - Rice Lake, Wisconsin

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