Rio Vista Airport
This article is about the original Rio Vista Airport. For the current airport opened in 1993, see Rio Vista Municipal Airport.
| Rio Vista Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | City of Rio Vista | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Rio Vista, California | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 43 ft / 13 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°10′15.96″N 121°41′17.17″W / 38.1711000°N 121.6881028°WCoordinates: 38°10′15.96″N 121°41′17.17″W / 38.1711000°N 121.6881028°W | ||||||||||||||
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Rio Vista Airport was a public airport located northeast of Rio Vista, serving Solano County, California, USA. This general aviation airport had two runways. It was closed in 1995 after the 1993 opening of its successor, Rio Vista Municipal Airport.[1]
See also
At one time there was a unique restaurant on the airfield, named: Flying down to Rio (see film of the same name). A DC4 had been lifted to the airport by river barge and set up as a restaurant.
References
- ↑ Freeman, Paul. %5b%5bAbandoned & Little-Known Airfields%5d%5d "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California, Southwestern Sacramento area" Check
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