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]
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner/Operator | City of Rice Lake | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Rice Lake, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Location | Cameron, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,109 ft / 338 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 45°25′12″N 091°46′24″W | ||||||||||||||
Website | www.RiceLakeAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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: 1/19 is 6,700 by 100 feet (2,042 x 30 m) and ILS equipped; 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 23, 2020, 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 July 2022, there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single-engine, 3 multi-engine, 2 jet and 2 helicopter.[1]
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