# Central Wyoming Regional Airport (RIW / KRIW)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriw

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RIW / KRIW
- FAA: RIW
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Riverton, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Nov 1937
- Elevation: 5,516 ft / 1,681 m
- Coordinates: 43.0642, -108.4600
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 8,204 ft / 2,501 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 51,066 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://flyriverton.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Wyoming_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7338685
- Weather station: KRIW · WMO 72672
- Ident: KRIW

## Timeline

- Nov 1937: Central Wyoming Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 8,204 ft / 2,501 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 114° / 294° | yes |
| 01/19 | 4,800 ft / 1,463 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 024° / 204° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00691AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 9,919 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 6,469 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 43,009 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 37,563 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 37,901 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 19,708 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 31,048 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 26,286 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 30,533 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 43,041 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 51,066 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 296 mi / 476 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RIW, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 51K (2025) | #2,078 of 3,974 | #479 in North America | #324 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,204 ft / 2,501 m | =2,312 of 29,858 | =505 in North America | =378 in US |
| Elevation | 5,516 ft / 1,681 m | #1,443 of 43,403 | #743 in North America | #552 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 121.425 |
| RDO | CASPER RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [LND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klnd.md) Hunt Field · 22 mi / 35 km
- [WRL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwrl.md) Worland Municipal Airport · 67 mi / 108 km
- [PWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpna.md) Ralph Wenz Field · 71 mi / 114 km
- [BPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbpi.md) Miley Memorial Field · 90 mi / 145 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Central Wyoming Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Wyoming_Regional_Airport&oldid=1374579412), revision of 12 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kriw/data