Rialto Municipal Airport
| Rialto Municipal Airport Miro Field |
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: L67 | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | City of Rialto | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Rialto, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,455 ft / 443 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. | ||||||||||||||
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Officially closed on September 18, 2014
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Rialto Municipal Airport (FAA LID: L67) (originally Miro Field) was a general aviation airport three miles (5 km) northwest of Rialto, in San Bernardino County, California.
It was used by private aircraft; no airlines fly into this airport. The airport is about 12 miles northeast of Ontario International Airport and ten miles west of San Bernardino International Airport. The airport does not have a control tower and averages 82 operations a day.
An FBO with a flight school and a separate helicopter flight school operated at the airport. There are several aviation related businesses. Warbirds West Air Museum, is relocating its warbird collection to the big hangar at the center of the field. The airport cafe is attached to the WWAM hangar and is open 10-3pm Mon- Sat. There is an air ambulance business in the southeast part of the airport.
Despite its size compared to nearby airfields (Upland Cable Airport, Corona Municipal Airport, El Monte Municipal Airport, Redlands Municipal Airport and Hemet-Ryan Airport), Rialto is a relatively quiet airport. This has led the city of Rialto to approve the closing of the airport by 2009/2010 for redevelopment, driven by real estate developers. The airport is expected to close by January or February 2015, once the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Aviation Division relocates to the San Bernardino International Airport. Development of a Target Corporation store will begin as soon as the airport closes and the runways are removed.[1] On September 18, 2014, the airport officially closed to air traffic, all runway are marked with yellow X's.[citation needed]
History
The land which is now Rialto Airport, about 40 acres (16 ha), was purchased by Sam Miro in 1944. In 1966 the City of Rialto obtained the property while bringing the area to 60 acres (24 ha).
In 1978 Art Scholl Aviation, founded by Art Scholl, relocated to Rialto Airport from nearby Flabob Airport in Riverside.
Since 1984 the City of Rialto has accepted more than US$15 million in federal aid for airport improvement and land purchases.
September 18, 2014, the airport was officially closed.
Facilities
Rialto Municipal Airport covers 600 acres (240 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 6/24 is 4,500 by 100 feet (1,372 m × 30 m) and 17/35 is 2,650 by 50 feet (808 m × 15 m).
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for L67
- AirNav airport information for L67
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for L67
- Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010), also available as a printable form (PDF)
- Rialto Airport at Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
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