# Rockwood Municipal Airport (RKW / KRKW)

**Rockwood Municipal Airport** (IATA: RKW, ICAO: KRKW) is a small airport in Rockwood, Tennessee, United States. It opened in Dec 1962. It has one runway, 5,000 ft (1,524 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RKW / KRKW
- FAA: RKW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Rockwood, Tennessee, United States
- Opened: Dec 1962
- Elevation: 1,664 ft / 507 m
- Coordinates: 35.9223, -84.6897
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.rockwoodtn.org/airport.html
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwood_Municipal_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10851312
- Weather station: KRKW
- Ident: KRKW

## Timeline

- Dec 1962: Rockwood Municipal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 1,664 ft / 507 m | =10,803 of 43,403 | #4,728 in North America | #3,570 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 118.775 |
| CNTR | ATLANTA CNTR | 133.600 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/krkw/data