Central Wyoming Regional Airport
Central Wyoming Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Riverton | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Riverton, Wyoming | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 5,528 ft / 1,685 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°03′51″N 108°27′35″W / 43.06417°N 108.45972°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | http://flyriverton.com/ | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Central Wyoming Regional Airport, formerly Riverton Regional Airport, (IATA: RIW, ICAO: KRIW, FAA LID: RIW) is three miles northwest of Riverton, in Fremont County, Wyoming; it also serves nearby Lander, Wyoming. It is used for general aviation and sees one passenger airline. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until October 2006, when Great Lakes Airlines began providing subsidy-free service. Key Lime Air operating as the Denver Air Connection began serving the airport with regional jet aircraft on July 1, 2016.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 17,035 passenger boarding's (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 14,186 in 2009 and 14,361 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).