Byrd Airfield
Richmond International Airport is a joint civil-military airport in Sandston, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community (in Henrico County, Virginia, Henrico County). The airport is about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of downtown Richmond, Virginia, Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Richmond International Airport is the busiest airport in central Virginia and the third-busiest in the state behind Washington D.C.'s two major airports, Washington Dulles International Airport, Washington Dulles and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Washington National. RIC covers 2,500 acres (1,012 ha) of land. Overview The Capital Region Airport Commission (CRAC) owns and operates Richmond International Airport. Established in 1975 by the Virginia General Assembly, the commission is overseen by representatives of the counties of Chesterfield County, Virginia, Chesterfield, Hanover County, Virginia, Hanover, and Henrico County, Virginia, Henrico, and the ...
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Greater Richmond Region
The Greater Richmond Region, the Richmond metropolitan area or Central Virginia, is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond, Virginia, Richmond. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other entities. The OMB defines the area as comprising 17 county-level jurisdictions, including the independent city, independent cities of Richmond, Petersburg, Virginia, Petersburg, Hopewell, Virginia, Hopewell, and Colonial Heights, Virginia, Colonial Heights. As of 2016, it had a population of 1,263,617, making it the 45th largest MSA in the country. The Greater Richmond Region is located in the central part of Virginia. It straddles the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, Fall Line, where the coastal plain and the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont come together on the James River (Virginia), James River at Richmo ...
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