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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 130754Z AUTO 25008KT 10SM CLR M02/M03 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP209 T10171028
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 07:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 hours and 48 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is -2°C = 28°F, dew point is -3°C = 27°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
QNH is 1021hPa = 30.14inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 250°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=209 T10171028
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 130536Z 1306/1406 23006KT P6SM SCT030 BKN070 FM131700 25008KT P6SM SCT040 BKN100 FM132000 27012G18KT P6SM FEW050 SCT100 FM140100 25008KT P6SM FEW200
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Friday, February 13, 2026 at 05:36 UTC, issued 9 hours and 6 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, February 13, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Friday, February 13, 2026 à 17:00 heure UTC
1306/1406 23006KT P6SM SCT030 BKN070
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 7000ft = 2130m
from Friday, February 13, 2026 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, February 13, 2026 à 20:00 heure UTC
FM131700 25008KT P6SM SCT040 BKN100
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m broken at 10000ft = 3050m
from Friday, February 13, 2026 à 20:00 heure TU to Friday, February 13, 2026 à 01:00 heure UTC
FM132000 27012G18KT P6SM FEW050 SCT100
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 5000ft = 1520m scattered clouds at 10000ft = 3050m
from Friday, February 13, 2026 à 01:00 heure TU to Saturday, February 14, 2026 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM140100 25008KT P6SM FEW200
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
few clouds at 20000ft = 6100m
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
