Mifflin County Airport
Mifflin County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Mifflin County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lewistown | ||||||||||
| Location | Reedsville, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 819 ft / 250 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′39″N 077°37′37″W / 40.67750°N 77.62694°W | ||||||||||
| Website | MifflinCountyAirport.com | ||||||||||
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  RVL  RVL | |||||||||||
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Mifflin County Airport (IATA: RED, ICAO: KRVL, FAA LID: RVL) is a public airport in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is in Reedsville, five miles northwest of Lewistown.[2] It is owned by the Mifflin County Airport Authority.[1] The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013 called it a general aviation airport.[3]
Many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is RVL to the FAA and RED to the IATA.
Facilities
[edit]The airport covers 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 819 feet (250 m). Its one runway, 6/24, is 5,001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m) asphalt.[1]
In the year ending February 20, 2009 the airport had 19,400 aircraft operations, average 53 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% air taxi. 33 aircraft were then based at the airport: 85% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 3% jet and 6% glider.[1]
There is an AWOS-3 on the field.
Soaring contests
[edit]Mifflin County Airport is a popular site for gliding competitions and has hosted 10 national championships and four regional championships since 1990.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for RVL PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 11 February 2010.
- ^ Mifflin County Airport
- ^ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine. Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
- ^ Mifflin County soaring contests
External links
[edit]- Mifflin County Airport, official site
- Mifflin County Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
- Aerial view in April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RVL, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RVL
- AirNav airport information for KRVL
- ASN accident history for RED
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KRVL