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Southwest Wyoming Regional airport at Rock Springs (USA)
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↑, Fort LaClede at 37mi↑, Manila at 54mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in USA and Southernmost airports in USA
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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 USA
Runways
- runway 09/27 : 3048m = 10000ft
- runway 03/21 : 1592m = 5223ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in USA
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Aviation weather for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 191154Z AUTO 22007KT 10SM CLR 05/01 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP160 T00500011 10083 20044 53005
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 11:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 42 days and 1012 hours and -60421 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 5°C = 41°F, dew point is 1°C = 34°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 75%.
QNH is 1021hPa = 30.15inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 220°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=160 T00500011 10083 20044 53005
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 191132Z 1912/2012 25010KT P6SM SCT200 FM200400 VRB06KT P6SM FEW200
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 11:32 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 42 days and 5 hours and 21 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, September 19, 2024 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, September 20, 2024 à 04:00 heure UTC
1912/2012 25010KT P6SM SCT200
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
from Friday, September 20, 2024 à 04:00 heure TU to Friday, September 20, 2024 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM200400 VRB06KT P6SM FEW200
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is °
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
NOTAM for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport
Around Southwest Wyoming Regional airport at Rock Springs (USA)
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 at Rock Springs (USA)
- 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↑
→ See also Former airports in USA
Data sources
- 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