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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 130954Z AUTO 01005KT 10SM CLR 13/01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP082 T01330011
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 09:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 25 days and 606 hours and -35992 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 13°C = 55°F, dew point is 1°C = 34°F. The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 44 %.
QNH is 1017hPa = 30.02inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 10°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=082 T01330011
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 130532Z 1306/1406 08006KT P6SM FEW120 FM131600 25008KT P6SM FEW080 FM131900 25012G20KT P6SM SCT100 FM140200 26008KT P6SM FEW120
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 05:32 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 25 days and 10 hours and 30 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, June 13, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Friday, June 13, 2025 à 16:00 heure UTC
1306/1406 08006KT P6SM FEW120
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 80°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 12000ft = 3660m
from Friday, June 13, 2025 à 16:00 heure TU to Friday, June 13, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
FM131600 25008KT P6SM FEW080
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 8000ft = 2440m
from Friday, June 13, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Friday, June 13, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM131900 25012G20KT P6SM SCT100
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 20kt = 37km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 10000ft = 3050m
from Friday, June 13, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Saturday, June 14, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM140200 26008KT P6SM FEW120
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 260°
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
→ 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