Mifflin County Airport

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Mifflin County Airport

IATA: RED
ICAO: KRVL
FAA LID: RVL

Summary

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

Map

RVL

RVL

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	5,001	1,524	Asphalt

Statistics (2009)

Aircraft operations	19,400
Based aircraft	33

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

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

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

Mifflin County Airport is a popular site for gliding competitions and has hosted 10 national championships and four regional championships since 1990.^[4]

References

^ ^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

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

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Facilities

Soaring contests

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