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Richards Field

Homestead, United States

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04FA

Elevation

9 ft

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Location

Homestead · FL · United States

Position

25.559°, -80.515° · 9 ft elev.

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Small private airfield serving the Homestead, Florida area.

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Homestead, United States

Richards Field (ICAO: 04FA) is a small, privately owned general aviation airfield located in Homestead, Florida, in the southern Miami-Dade County area. It serves light aircraft operations and private pilots in the region. The airfield is not served by commercial airlines and has no scheduled passenger service. It functions primarily as a local general aviation facility, typical of many small private fields in South Florida.

Notable facts

›Richards Field carries the ICAO identifier 04FA, indicating a small Florida private facility.
›The airfield has no IATA code, consistent with its non-commercial status.
›It is located in Homestead, Florida, near Everglades National Park and Florida City.
›The field serves general aviation and private light aircraft operations only.
›No scheduled commercial passenger flights operate from Richards Field.

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Richards Field was the first airport in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The field was established in 1922 near the border between Kansas City, Missouri, and Raytown, Missouri, at the southeast corner of Blue Ridge Boulevard and Gregory Boulevard. It was named for John Francisco Richards II, a Kansas City aviator killed in World War I. The airport was visited by Charles Lindbergh.

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