Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport


Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport is eight miles east of Rock Springs, in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. It is operated by the Rock Springs-Sweetwater County Joint Powers Airport Board, with five members, appointed by the City of Rock Springs and 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.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,242 acres at an elevation of 6,765 feet. It has two asphalt runways: 9/27 is 10,000 by 150 feet and 3/21 is 5,228 by 75 feet. RWY 27 has an ILS and RNAV GPS approach while RWY 9 has a RNAV GPS approach.
The airport's commercial terminal opened in 1978; plans are underway to expand and renovate it.
RKS has over 7 acres of aircraft apron space and offers Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting services up to Index C.
It has over 130,000 ft2 of hangar space including community hangar space large enough to support multiple large cabin corporate aircraft. All facilities are owned by the City of Rock Springs and operated by the Airport Board.
The airport, in December 2017, became the first airport in Wyoming to use a renewable energy power source for part of its electrical demand. The 25 KW solar farm installed by Creative Energies offsets a portion of the electrical demand for the General Aviation Complex operated by Sweetwater Aviation.

Operations & Passenger Statistics

In 2016 the airport had 16,674 aircraft operations, average 45 per day: 72.2% general aviation, 27.3% air taxi, and <1% military. 44 aircraft were then based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 7% ultralight, and 2% Helicopter.
Passenger numbers over the last decade have varied based on local economic conditions and availability of more frequent air service:
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Airline and destination

The airport has one scheduled airline to Denver International Airport, and sees frequent Wendover Fun Casino charter flights.
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