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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↑, Fort LaClede at 37mi↑, Manila at 54mi↑,→ 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 050554Z AUTO 08010KT 10SM SCT024 M05/M08 A3034 RMK AO2 SLP306 T10501083 10022 21050 50010
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 05:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 116 hours and -5727 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is -5°C = 23°F, dew point is -8°C = 18°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 79 %.
QNH is 1027hPa = 30.34inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt, direction is 80°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2400ft = 730m.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=306 T10501083 10022 21050 50010
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 050522Z 0506/0606 07011KT P6SM FEW020 BKN040 FM050900 06006KT P6SM SCT050 FM051600 34010KT P6SM FEW080 FM052300 30009KT P6SM FEW120
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 05:22 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 21 hours and 5 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 09:00 heure UTC
0506/0606 07011KT P6SM FEW020 BKN040
wind 11kt = 20km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 2000ft = 610m broken at 4000ft = 1220m
from Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
FM050900 06006KT P6SM SCT050
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 60°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 5000ft = 1520m
from Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
FM051600 34010KT P6SM FEW080
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 8000ft = 2440m
from Saturday, April 5, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Sunday, April 6, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM052300 30009KT P6SM FEW120
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 300°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 12000ft = 3660m
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↑
→ 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