Airport Master Plan - City of Riverside

medium sized business jets, and one
mile for large business jets. This approach
also has a VOR approach,
which utilizes the Riverside VOR. Because
this VOR facility is currently
inoperable, the VOR only approach is
not available.
The RNAV (GPS) approach to Runway
27 offers visibility minimums not lower
than one and one-half miles. The
LPV approach to Runway 27 provides
both horizontal and vertical guidance.
Several alternate GPS approaches, including
lateral navigation/vertical navigation
(LNAV/ VNAV), an LNAV only,
and a circling approach, are also
available with this approach.
The last two approaches are GPS-A
and GPS-B. The GPS-A approach is a
circling approach to Runway 9-27
while the GPS-B approach is a circling
approach to Runway 16-34. The VOR
approach associated with this procedure
is also unavailable currently.
Arrival Procedures
Because of the possibility of congested
airspace over the greater Southern
California area, the FAA has established
a series of Standard Terminal
Arrival (STAR) and Departure Procedures.
The STAR is a preplanned air
traffic control arrival procedure designed
to provide for the transition
from the enroute phase of the flight to
an outer fix or an instrument approach
fix in the terminal area. The
two published STARs are: SETER
TWO and ZIGGY FOUR.
Local Conditions
and Operating Procedures
Riverside Airport is situated at 818
feet MSL. The traffic pattern altitude
for all light aircraft is 1,000 feet AGL.
The traffic pattern for highperformance
aircraft, including jetpowered
aircraft, is at 1,500 feet AGL.
The helicopter traffic pattern is designated
at 500 feet AGL. The airport
utilizes a non-standard right-hand
traffic pattern for Runway 16 and
standard left-hand traffic pattern for
all other runways. This traffic pattern
for Runway 16 is intended to avoid the
high volume of approaches to Runway
27.
Runway use is dictated by prevailing
wind conditions. Ideally it is desirable
for aircraft to land directly into the
wind. The prevailing wind condition
during the day is from the west leading
to greater usage of Runway 27.
Easterly winds predominate at night,
dictating the use of Runway 9. Wind
flows from the north occur approximately
two percent of the time, which
requires use of Runway 34. Runway
16 is generally not used, and Runway
9 is the designated calm wind runway.
Tower personnel estimate that Runway
27 is utilized nearly 90 percent of
the time and Runway 16-34 will see
some activity in the spring and fall.
The FAA Airport/Facility Directory
identifies several conditions for pilots
to be aware of in the vicinity of the
airport. There is a 60-foot tall utility
pole approximately 1,920 feet north of
Runway 16 and 150 feet right of the
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