Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Rock Springs | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Rock Spring-Sweetwater County Joint Powers Airport Board | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Rock Springs, Wyoming | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6,765 ft / 2,062 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°35′39″N 109°03′55″W / 41.59417°N 109.06528°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | FlyRKS.com | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||||||||||||||
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (IATA: RKS, ICAO: KRKS, FAA LID: RKS) is eight miles east of Rock Springs, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. It is operated by the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Joint Powers Airport Board, with a total of five members, two appointed by the City of Rock Springs and three appointed by Sweetwater County. The airport has twice-daily United Express flights to Denver International Airport.
Sweetwater Aviation is the fixed-base operator, providing all general aviation services on the field.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019-2023 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).