Richmond International Airport
Richmond International Airport is a joint civil-military airport in Sandston, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community. The airport is about 7 miles southeast of downtown Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport near Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Byrd Field / Intl”, “Byrd IAP”, “Byrd International Airport”, “KRIC”, “RIC”, “Richard E. Byrd Airport”, and “Richmond Airport”
- Historically known as: “Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field”
- Address: 1 Richard E. Byrd Terminal Drive, Richmond, VA 23250
Places of Interest
Highlights include Seven Pines National Cemetery and Highland Springs High School.
Seven Pines National Cemetery
Cemetery
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Seven Pines National Cemetery is a national cemetery located in the Seven Pines area of the unincorporated town of Sandston in Henrico County, Virginia.
Highland Springs High School
School
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Highland Springs High School is a public high school located in the East End of Henrico County, Virginia. It was one of the first high schools established in the Greater Richmond Region.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandston and Fair Oaks.
Sandston
Village
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Sandston is a census-designated place in Henrico County, Virginia, United States, just outside the state capital of Richmond. The population as of the 2010 Census was 7,571. It was designated a Historic District by Henrico County in 2021.
Fair Oaks
Locality
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Fair Oaks is an unincorporated community located in Henrico County, Virginia, United States. Fair Oaks Station was located on the Richmond and York River Railroad and played a role in the Peninsula Campaign in 1862 during the American Civil War.
Highland Springs
Town
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Highland Springs is a census-designated place located in Henrico County, Virginia, United States, 4.3 miles east of Richmond. The population was 16,604 at the 2020 census.
Richmond International Airport
- Categories: international airport, airport, commercial traffic aerodrome, and transportation
- Location: Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.50691° or 37° 30′ 25″ northLongitude
-77.32021° or 77° 19′ 13″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Operator
Capital Region Airport CommissionIATA airport code
RICICAO airport code
KRICOpen location code
8794GM4H+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 224414430OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodromeGeoNames ID
6298981Wikidata ID
Q1857178
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Richmond International Airport” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Richmond International Airport”
- Chinese: “列治文國際機場”
- Chinese: “里士满国际机场”
- Chinese: “里契蒙國際機場”
- Dutch: “Richmond International Airport”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مطار ريتشموند الدولى”
- French: “aéroport international de Richmond”
- French: “Aéroport international de Richmond”
- French: “RIC”
- German: “Flughafen Richmond International”
- German: “Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field”
- German: “Richmond International Airport”
- Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Richmond”
- Hungarian: “Richmond nemzetközi repülőtér”
- Indonesian: “KRIC”
- Indonesian: “RIC”
- Italian: “Aeroporto Internazionale di Richmond”
- Italian: “Richmond International Airport”
- Japanese: “RIC”
- Japanese: “リッチモンド国際空港”
- Japanese: “リッチモンド空港”
- Navajo: “Tséchʼil Daalchíʼínílį́įdi tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ chidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Richmond internasjonale lufthavn”
- Norwegian: “Richmond internasjonale lufthavn”
- Persian: “KRIC”
- Persian: “RIC”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بین المللی ریچموند”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بینالمللی ریچموند”
- Polish: “Port lotniczy Richmond”
- Portuguese: “Aeroporto Internacional de Richmond”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Internațional Richmond”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Richmond”
- Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Richmond”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи биналмилалӣ ричмунд”
- Urdu: “رچمنڈ بین الاقوامی ہوائی اڈا”
- Welsh: “Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Richmond”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Richmond International Airport Fire Department and Richmond International Airport Terminal.
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