Richmond Airport
In this section you will find traveller airport reviews as well as our Richmond Airport Guide with info on WiFi, lounges, facilities and services....and yes, even the name of a hotel near the airport in case you decide that sleeping in the airport is not for you!
Outside of security, there is one very good place to sleep: at the base of the escalator - unknown
Recent Review
by FlyingAintFunNoMore
While the people behind the counters at Delta couldn't have been less helpful -- caring neither about my canceled flight, when I'd get home, or where I could spend the night -- the lady in the Lost Luggage Office was amazing. Kind and helpful, she went out of her way to help me and my fellow displaced persons, supplying us with the last of her overnight kits, calling various airports in search of information, and telling us where to sleep (in the corner near the entrance doors in front of the ticket counters). There's apparently also a chapel on the lower level, with benches you can stretch out on, but I had no way to ensure I'd wake up down there; I needed the early morning noise to wake me up so I would make my 6:45 flight.
Be warned that everything closes down early in this airport: Be sure to visit the stores early to buy your blanket and your dinner and a bottle of water. There's a nice clean ladies' room, and after about 10:00 it's quiet (except for the loudspeaker announcements, but even those died out around 11:00). Oh, yeah -- I got some incorrect information from local security personel as to whether or not I could sleep in the airport; soon after, a very kind female TSA officer came to find me to correct the misinformation I'd gotten from the not-so-accommodating cop.
You absolutely cannot sleep near the gates (which is too bad -- it would be quieter and darker), and all the benches were designed to allow sitting but not reclining. But if you don't mind the (carpeted but hard) floor, you can grab 5-6 hours' sleep.
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Richmond Airport Guide
Airport Lounges
no information available
Airport WiFi / Internet
Free wireless internet access is available at the Richmond Airport on the 2nd Level.
Airport Hotels
If sleeping in the Richmond Airport does not appeal to you, there are hotels near the airport....
More Services, Facilities and Things to Do at the Airport
- Food
Landside: Applebee's, Caribou Coffee
Airside: Caribou Coffee, Sam Adams Celebrates Richmond, Vito's Market, Cheeburger Cheeburger - Showers
There are no showers at this airport. - Luggage Storage / Lockers
Unknown - Chapel
Location: Lower Level. Hours: open 24 hours - Business Center
Features work stations and free WiFi. Locations: upper level connector. Hours: 5am - 10pm - Car Rentals
Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Hertz, National, Thrifty. Location: Lower Level
Airport Hours
open 24 hours
Richmond Travel Sites
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Last Updated: 31 Oct 2010 | Sources: Richmond International Airport
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