Dallas Executive Airport (IATA: RBD, ICAO: KRBD, FAA LID: RBD), formerly Redbird Airport, is six miles (10 km) southwest of Downtown Dallas, in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The airport is used for general aviation and is a reliever airport for Dallas Love Field.
Dallas Executive Airport | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||||||||||||
.jpg) | |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Dallas | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Dallas, Texas | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 5303 Challenger Drive #17 Dallas, Texas, United States 75232 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 661 ft / 201 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°40′51″N 96°52′06″W / 32.68083°N 96.86833°W | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
  RBD  RBD | |||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Statistics (2023) | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
In 2013, the Commemorative Air Force announced that they would build a "National Airbase" at Executive which would include their headquarters and main museum, both of which would be moved from Midland.[2] As of 2016, the Commemorative Air Force established their headquarters at the airport and currently occupies a hangar on the southeast side of the airfield. The Dallas Police Department operates their helicopter(s) from Dallas Executive Airport.[3]
During 2017, extensive work was done to improve the existing runway, and more work is being done in 2018 to extend runway 13/31 to move the safety areas and protections zones onto the airport.
Facilities
editDallas Executive Airport covers 1,070 acres (433 ha) and has two runways:
- 13/31: 7,136 x 100 ft (2,175 x 30 m) asphalt/concrete
- 17/35: 3,800 x 150 ft (1,158 x 46 m) asphalt/concrete
History
editRedbird Airport (KRBD) was established in 1944 after 1026 acres were purchased by the City of Dallas to serve the general aviation needs in southwest Dallas. Redbird was renamed Dallas Executive Airport, effective May 1, 2002.[4]
The airport briefly saw scheduled commercial air service in 2011 by Corporate Flight Management operating as Branson Air Express. The carrier flew to Branson, Missouri using British Aerospace Jetstream 41 aircraft.[5]
Accidents and incidents
edit- November 12, 2022: in the 2022 Dallas airshow mid-air collision, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at approximately 1:20 pm local time at the Wings Over Dallas airshow at the airport. Six perished, five occupants on the B-17 and the pilot on the P-63. The cause of the accident is under investigation.[6][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for RBD PDF Effective January 25, 2024
- ^ "Commemorative Air Force to land at Dallas Executive Airport | News | Dallas News". Dallas News. 2014-04-28. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
- ^ "Dallas Executive Airport: Past, Present and Future" (PDF). City of Dallas. Economic Development Committee. 3 November 2014.
- ^ "Archives_1995-001". dallascityhall.com. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
- ^ Official Airline Guide
- ^ "Historic military planes crash midair at Dallas air show, videos show". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Williams, Michael; Landers, Jamie (November 13, 2022). "What we know about the Dallas mid-air collision that killed 6". The Dallas Morning News. Dallas. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
- Dallas Executive Airport (City of Dallas website)
- Dallas Executive Airport (official airport website)
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for RBD PDF
External links
edit
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RBD
- AirNav airport information for KRBD
- ASN accident history for RBD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
  | This article about an airport in Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |