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Riverside Municipal Airport (Riverside Arlington Airport, decades ago) , is four miles (6 km) southwest of downtown Riverside, the county seat of Riverside County, California. Scheduled flights to Laughlin/Bullhead International Airport (Arizona) on Western Express Air ended when that airline ceased operations at the end of May 2007.〔(Western Air Express (official site) )〕 Runway 9/27 was paved about 1956 and Bonanza Air Lines appeared soon after. Until 1969 it and successor Air West flew DC-3s and Fairchild F-27s to LAX, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and beyond. Golden West Airlines served Riverside during the 1970s with nonstop and direct de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters to LAX. Riverside Municipal Airport has been home to Civil Air Patrol Squadron 5 since 2005. "FedEx Express donated a Boeing 727-200F to California Baptist University for its new aviation science program. The aircraft will be on permanent display at the airport and will provide a working laboratory for aviation science students." The aircraft, N266FE (cn 21672/1538), is a Boeing 727-233/Adv(F). A video of its arrival on January 10, 2013 can be (found here ). ==Facilities== The airport covers and has two runways and one helipad: * 9/27: 5,401 x 100 ft. (1,646 x 30 m) Asphalt * 16/34: 2,850 x 48 ft. (869 x 15 m) Asphalt * H1: 60 x 60 ft. (18 x 18 m) Asphalt The runway has ILS, GPS, and VOR approaches. Should there be plans to expand, the Airport's Master Plan supports lengthening runway 9/27 to . Runway 27 has a Visual Approach Slope Indicator. The crosswind runway, RWY 16-34, is suited for smaller aircraft. Runway 34 has a Precision Approach Path Indicator. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riverside Municipal Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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