RDD at a glance
Published airport facts and public business listings help you identify the right contacts before requesting aircraft-specific quotes.
- FAA location identifier
- RDD Source
- ICAO identifier
- KRDD Source
- FAA associated city
- Redding Source
- FAA county
- Shasta County Source
- Airport elevation
- 505 ft MSL Source
- Facility use
- Open to the public Source
- Ownership type
- Publicly owned Source
- Physical runway 13/31
- 5,067 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- Physical runway 17/35
- 7,003 x 150 ft; ASPH Source
- FAA owner record
- CITY OF REDDING Source
FAA NASR cycle effective October 1, 2026; next cycle October 29, 2026. Physical runway dimensions are not declared distances or an aircraft suitability determination. Use current charts, notices and qualified operator guidance for flight planning.
Airport management & official information
City of Redding Airports Division
6751 WOODRUM CIRCLE, SUITE 200, REDDING, CA, 96002
530-224-4321
Public-source directory checked 2026-10-28. Confirm current services, contacts and availability directly. An airport listing does not establish aircraft suitability or a relationship with Jaken Finance Group.
FBOs & aviation businesses
Start with the providers’ published locations and the airport’s business directory. Compare written proposals for the exact aircraft and services you need.
Redding Jet Center
3775 Flight Avenue, Redding, CA 96002
530-224-2300Current city airport business directory lists this FBO; company URL returned an error during direct verification.
Air Shasta Rotor & Wing
3770 Flight Avenue, Redding, CA 96002
530-222-0100City directory and company page confirm the RDD location. Historical construction completion language is not presented as current facility status.
The directory is informational. Categories describe published services; no ranking, service guarantee, FAA certificate determination or endorsement is implied. Ask each provider about current capability, availability and contract terms.
Evaluate Redding Regional Airport as a home base or recurring destination for the actual aircraft, passengers and schedule.
Identify the correct Redding airport
The city operates airport resources for Redding Regional and Benton Field, while the regional transportation agency identifies RDD as the region's commercial-service airport. Use RDD/KRDD in the aircraft proposal and acquisition records. A hangar waiting-list process associated with another local field must not be copied into a Redding Regional promise without checking the actual airport and storage category.
Map northern California support needs
For an owner with repeated destinations in Shasta County or surrounding northern California communities, examine the complete annual mission. Ask which maintenance, parts, crew and management support can be provided locally for the selected jet and which needs travel or repositioning. A lower quoted storage line may be offset by support logistics; compare a full year rather than a single monthly charge.
Build a current service and access plan
Obtain storage, handling, fuel, towing, access, insurance and after-hours terms directly. Have the operator review current official information for the intended aircraft and travel schedule, including how notices or temporary disruptions are communicated. Do not infer a future guarantee from an airline route announcement or from the airport's regional service description.
Keep the financing scenario realistic
Add realistic inspection and delivery positioning, initial reserves and outside support to the acquisition budget. Show ongoing ownership expenses separately from loan payments and model lower utilization as well as the expected case. Retain actual location and use records for Shasta County assessment questions, with qualified advice for California transaction-tax treatment rather than assumptions based on distance from major coastal cities.
Build a base-comparison worksheet
Use an RDD ownership worksheet with actual Shasta-region destinations, aircraft-specific maintenance support, visiting-specialist costs, contracted storage, handling, access and crew logistics. If comparing a Sacramento base, identify the added aircraft positioning and ground travel instead of presenting SAC or MCC as nearby substitutes. Benton Field is a separate local facility and must not inherit RDD's aircraft assumptions or contract terms; have the operating team determine whether any local alternative is appropriate. Test lower annual utilization because fixed support and financing costs continue even when fewer trips are flown.
Confirm the local reporting and contract roles
Direct Redding airport policy questions to the city or relevant operator and aircraft assessment questions to Shasta County or the tax adviser. Verify which airport and storage category every waiting-list or service document actually concerns. Keep the owner's real aircraft base, legal entity and location records separate from a regional mailing address. Ask who retains fee and use evidence when outside crew or management handles trips, rather than reconstruct annual activity from a few fuel receipts.
Compare your basing alternatives
Use this worksheet to request like-for-like evidence for the actual aircraft and recurring trips. Blank or unconfirmed items remain decisions to investigate, not implied airport capabilities.
| Decision variable | RDD evidence | Alternative evidence | Owner priority / unresolved question |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actual passenger ground itinerary | Obtain current route estimate | Use the same dates and destinations | No fixed transfer-time promise |
| Storage rights and availability | Signed offer, conditional offer or inquiry | Record the same evidence category | Do not price unavailable space as confirmed |
| Airport and provider charges | Request itemized current proposal | Match aircraft and annual activity | Identify excluded or unquoted items |
| Operating and noise review | Current source and qualified operator review | Use each airport's own rules | Distinguish mandatory and voluntary only when verified |
| Assessment and records | Ask the appropriate assessor or adviser | Document actual changed basing facts | No automatic situs or exemption conclusion |
Your next-step checklist
- Is the proposal for RDD rather than Benton Field?
- What model-specific support must travel to the aircraft?
- How does lower utilization affect the annual cost?
Sources & further reading
Primary sources support the relevant facts. Our planning questions and illustrative exercises are editorial analysis; they do not replace transaction-specific advice.
- Redding Regional Airport — official source 1 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Redding Regional Airport — official source 2 · accessed 2026-10-28
- Redding Regional Airport official airport information · accessed 2026-10-28
- FAA NASR · APT_BASE.csv; ARPT_ID=RDD · accessed 2026-10-28
- Air Shasta Rotor & Wing · published location / directory entry · accessed 2026-10-28