# Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (RKS / KRKS)

**Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport** (IATA: RKS, ICAO: KRKS) is a medium airport in Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States. It opened in Jul 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 10,002 ft (3,049 m). In 2025 it handled 52 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RKS / KRKS
- FAA: RKS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States
- Opened: Jul 1942
- Elevation: 6,765 ft / 2,062 m
- Coordinates: 41.5942, -109.0650
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 10,002 ft / 3,049 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 52,131 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-7/-6 · America/Denver
- Website: http://rockspringsairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Wyoming_Regional_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7354696
- Weather station: KRKS
- Ident: KRKS

## Timeline

- Jul 1942: Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 103° / 283° | yes |
| 03/21 | 5,228 ft / 1,594 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 045° / 225° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00353AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 36,257 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 32,177 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 35,863 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 45,893 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 48,401 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 23,229 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 32,981 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 30,163 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 32,455 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 42,516 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 52,131 | 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 · 259 mi / 417 km · United Express

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RKS, 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 | 52K (2025) | #2,072 of 3,974 | #478 in North America | #323 in US |
| Longest runway | 10,002 ft / 3,049 m | =1,039 of 29,858 | =225 in North America | =175 in US |
| Elevation | 6,765 ft / 2,062 m | #616 of 43,403 | #299 in North America | #210 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.375 |
| RDO | CASPER RDO | 122.600 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [VEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kvel.md) Vernal Regional Airport · 83 mi / 134 km
- [LND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klnd.md) Hunt Field · 86 mi / 139 km
- [BPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbpi.md) Miley Memorial Field · 87 mi / 140 km
- [PWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpna.md) Ralph Wenz Field · 91 mi / 147 km

## In collections

- [Highest airports](https://dromopedia.com/collections/highest) #89

## 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: “Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Southwest_Wyoming_Regional_Airport&oldid=1374365330), revision of 11 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/krks/data