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Southwest Wyoming Regional airport in Rock Springs (United State)
Southwest Wyoming Regional airport is located near Rock Springs, with Salt Wells at 6mi↑, Rock Springs at 7mi↑, Sweetwater County at 9mi↑, North Rock Springs at 11mi↑, South Baxter at 16mi↑, Green River at 21mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United State and Southernmost airports in United State
→ See also airports in United State
aerial view of Southwest Wyoming Regional airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : KRKS
- IATA code : RKS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 2062 m = 6765ft
→ See also Highest airports in USA and Lowest airports in United State
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 03/21 : 1592m = 5223ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United State
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Aviation weather for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 140154Z AUTO 26019KT 10SM CLR 10/M09 A3001 RMK AO2 PK WND 26031/0103 SLP127 T01001094
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 01:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 8 hours and 35 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 10°C = 50°F, dew point is -9°C = 16°F. The air is dry : relative air humidity is 25 %.
QNH is 1016hPa = 30.01inHg
Wind 35km/h = 19kt, direction is 260°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor peak wind 26031/0103 Sea Level Pressure SLP=127 T01001094
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 132333Z 1400/1424 27034G46KT P6SM SCT200 FM140200 27018G26KT P6SM SCT200 FM141600 26036G50KT P6SM SCT070 BKN150
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Friday, March 13, 2026 at 23:33 UTC, issued 10 hours and 56 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, March 13, 2026 à 00:00 heure TU to Friday, March 13, 2026 à 02:00 heure UTC
1400/1424 27034G46KT P6SM SCT200
wind 34kt = 63km/h with gusts at 46kt = 85km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
from Friday, March 13, 2026 à 02:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 14, 2026 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM140200 27018G26KT P6SM SCT200
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 26kt = 48km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
from Saturday, March 14, 2026 à 16:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 14, 2026 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM141600 26036G50KT P6SM SCT070 BKN150
wind 36kt = 67km/h with gusts at 50kt = 93km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 7000ft = 2130m broken at 15000ft = 4570m
NOTAM for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport
Around Southwest Wyoming Regional airport in Rock Springs (United State)
near
- Hotels in Salt Wells
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 1767mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 1813mi↑
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 4927mi↑
- Paris at 4928mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 4928mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 4997mi↑
- Hôtel de Tourny (Bordeaux) at 5012mi↑
- Cité du Vin (Bordeaux) at 5012mi↑
- Bordeaux at 5012mi↑
- Hôtel Cardinal (Bordeaux) at 5012mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 5030mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 5030mi↑
- for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport at 0mi↑
- for Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County airport at 9mi↑
- for Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport airport at 24mi↑
nearest airports to Southwest Wyoming Regional airport in Rock Springs (United State)
- Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County heliport ( WY49) at 9mi↑
- Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport airport ( 48U) at 24mi↑
- Igo airport ( US-2008) at 28mi↑defunct airport
- Stevens Flat Landing Strip airport ( US-2007) at 33mi↑defunct airport
- Red Creek Ranch airport ( WY41) at 36mi↑
- Farson South airport ( US-7076) at 39mi↑defunct airport
- Farson airport ( US-7075) at 41mi↑
- Kastler Compressor Station airport ( US-0045) at 42mi↑
- Pacific Creek airport ( US-7074) at 46mi↑
- Hays Reservoir Landing Strip airport ( US-2083) at 48mi↑defunct airport
- Taylor Flat airport ( US-1534) at 49mi↑defunct airport
- Dutch John airport ( K33U) at 50mi↑
- Manila airport ( K40U) at 53mi↑METAR
- South Pass City airport ( US-5557) at 62mi↑
- Burntfork Landing Strip airport ( US-3446) at 63mi↑defunct airport
- Square Top airport ( US-5640) at 71mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in United State
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
