Airports Tulsa County (OK)

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Airport Information

Airport Diagram

Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport (IATA: RVS, ICAO: KRVS, FAA LID: RVS) is a city owned, public use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) south of the central business district of Tulsa, a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility and reliever airport for Tulsa International Airport.

Jones Airport is one of the busiest in the United States. In 2005, it had 347,000 operations, enough to rank it fourth among general aviation (GA) airports and thirtieth among all airports, according to a 2007 FAA report. It also was the busiest in Oklahoma, outranking both Will Rogers World Airport and Tulsa International.

Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport Air Traffic Control

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
120.30000	KQ9029	BM	CSQ	Riverside CTAF	Jones (Riverside) CTAF	AM	Aircraft
119.20000	KQ9029	BM	CSQ	Riverside Tower	Jones (Riveside) Tower	AM	Aircraft
122.95000		BM	CSQ	Riverside Uniicm	Jones (Riverside) Unicom	AM	Aircraft
121.70000	KQ9029	BM	CSQ	Riverside Ground	Jones (Riverside) Ground	AM	Aircraft
124.50000		BM	CSQ	Riverside C/D	Jones (Riverside) Clearance Delivery	AM	Aircraft
126.50000		BM	CSQ	Riverside ATIS	Jones (Riverside) ATIS	AM	Aircraft
134.70000		BM	CSQ	Riverside Radar	Jones (Riverside) Basic Radar Service	AM	Aircraft

Tulsa Riverside Tower Pilot Information Handbook Excerpt

• The tower's callsign is "Riverside"
• The tower's hours of operation are 7:00am to 10:00pm local time.
• 120.30 is the primary tower frequency active whenever the tower is open, and after the tower closes it becomes the Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF).
• 119.20 is used as a tower frequency when advertised on ATIS, normally on runway 1R/19L during times of high traffic volume.
• Radar services and sequencing into the airport are provided by Tulsa Tower's TRACON similar to a class C airport by a letter of agreement between Riverside tower and Tulsa tower.^[ref]
• During times of low traffic, for most northbound VFR traffic and most IFR traffic departure radar services are on 124.00. For others it is normally on 134.70.
• For arrivals the approach frequency is normally announced on ATIS. 134.70 is normally used for VFR arrivals. 124.0 is used for IFR arrivals and when volume is low.

Businesses

Frequency	License	Type	Tone	Alpha Tag	Description	Mode	Tag
130.30000	WQKP711	BM	CSQ	Riverside Jet	Jet Center Aircraft Communications	AM	Aircraft
469.55000		BM	025 DPL	Riverside Jet	Jet Center Fixed Base Operations	FMN	Business
129.45000	KDQ3	BM	CSQ	ARINC SF RADIO	ARINC San Francisco Radio	AM	Aircraft

• Riverside Jet Center's lists 130.30 on their website but the license has lapsed and the frequency is no longer listed on airnav.com.
  • 469.550 appears to be silent.
• The other FBO on the field is Christiansen Aviation. Their webstie and airnav.com lists 122.95 as being their air to ground frequency.
  • Based off of close call capture, 462.3750 DCS465 is believed to be used by Christiansen for handheld radios (Mobile half-duplex). The radio frequency is not licensed and another DMR station is licensed nearby. (WQST822)

Aircraft spotting

There is an outside the fence public viewing area on the southwest side of the airport. The facility has a broadcast FM repeater for the tower and ground control frequencies.^[ref]Wikipedia article

See also

• Tulsa International Airport (TUL) Tulsa County (OK)
• Tulsa County (OK)

External Links

• Corresponding Wikipedia article
• Tulsa Airport Authority Website
• Jones Riverside Airport Association
• Tulsa Riverside Tower (RVS) Pilot Information Handbook