RIW

Central Wyoming Regional Airport

ICAO KRIW43.0642°N 108.4600°W5,516 ft / 1,681 mMedium airport
On the map

Central Wyoming Regional Airport (IATA: RIW, ICAO: KRIW) is a medium airport in Riverton, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Nov 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,204 ft (2,501 m). In 2025 it handled 51 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1937–1937
NOV 1937
OpenedCentral Wyoming Regional Airport opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
10/28114° / 294° · LIT
LENGTH8,204 ft2,501 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
01/19024° / 204° · LIT
LENGTH4,800 ft1,463 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
10K
6K
43K
38K
38K
20K
31K
26K
31K
43K
51K
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Routes

1 destinations · 1 country
250 km500 km100 mi200 mi300 miDEN · Denver International Airport · 296 mi / 476 kmDENRIW

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from RIW. From the Wikipedia article “Central Wyoming Regional Airport” (revision of 12 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers51K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,078of 3,974 · #479 North America · #324 USLongest runway8,204 ft2,501 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,311of 29,823 · =505 North America · =378 USElevation5,516 ft1,681 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#1,441of 43,341 · #742 North America · #551 USAgeOpened 19372026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=703of 15,079 · =141 North America · =123 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

3 channels
ASOSASOS121.425
RDOCASPER RDO122.200
UNICCTAF/UNICOM122.800