Riverside Airport (Kansas)

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Riverside Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic use (abandoned)
OwnerCornejo & Sons
Fly High, Inc.
Serves Wichita, Kansas
Elevation  AMSL 1,335 ft / 407 m
Coordinates 37°44′46″N097°24′22″W / 37.74611°N 97.40611°W / 37.74611; -97.40611
Map
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K32
Location of airport in Kansas
Riverside Airport (Kansas)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
16/343,200975Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations14,000
Based aircraft29
Source: Federal Aviation Administration, [1] Paul Freeman [2]

Riverside Airport( FAA LID : K32) was a privately owned, public use airport in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. [1] It was located on the east side of the intersection of Hoover Rd. and 33rd Street North in northwest Wichita. [1] [2]

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In late February 2014, the property was sold to Cornejo & Sons Construction, which closed the facility and plans to mine the sand underneath it. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Riverside Airport covered an area of 220 acres (89 ha) at an elevation of 1,335 feet (407 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,200 by 40 feet (975 x 12 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending June 8, 2012, the airport had 14,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 25 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, and 1 ultralight. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for K32 PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Freeman, Paul (31 October 2016). "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Kansas: Wichita area" . Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  3. McMillin, Molly (24 February 2014). "Cornejo & Sons in process of buying Riverside Airport". Wichita Eagle. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.