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To the east of Rice is the Rice Municipal Airport, which was acquired by the United States Army's 4th Air Support Command in 1942 as a sub-base of Thermal Army Airfield, [3] and was operational by the end of the year. While the airfield's date of construction is unknown, it was not depicted on a 1932 Los Angeles Airways Chart, indicating ...
The chart depicted Rice as having a 5,000' paved runway. The status of the Rice airfield evidently changed to a private airfield at some point between 1952 and 1955, as that is how it was depicted on the September 1955 San Diego Sectional Chart. The Rice Airport was evidently abandoned (for reasons unknown) at some point between 1955 and 1958.
At the time, the paved runway (10/28) was 2600' by 46', but there was a N/E-S/W turf runway on the west side which started at old Irving Park road and ended before the C&NW Railroad tracks aligned with the taxiway. The turf runway was 1200' to 1400' long. Around the same time, the airport was hit by two tornadoes. There was massive loss of ...
As of the 2020 census [2] there were 134,809 people, 48,588 households, and 33,895 families residing in the township. The population density was 4,355.00 inhabitants per square mile (1,681.47/km 2).
The airfield was listed among active airports in the 1962 AOPA Airport Directory, under the name of "FAA Site 17". It was described as having two 5,000 ft bituminous runways: 13/31 & 4/22, and the operator was listed as the FAA. It was closed in the mid-1960s, but listed as an emergency airfield.
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For the same time period, there are 197 aircraft based on the field: 144 single-engine and 23 multi-engine airplanes, 24 jets, 5 helicopters, and 1 glider. [6] [7] J.A. Air Center and Revv Aviation are the airport's two fixed-base operators (FBOs).
As of the 2020 census [3] there were 95,508 people, 35,760 households, and 23,896 families residing in the township. The population density was 3,413.56 inhabitants per square mile (1,317.98/km 2).