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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 151054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/M16 A3024 RMK AO2 SLP208 T00171156
Decoded METAR for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
METAR issued by KRKS on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 10:54 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 15 days and 380 hours and -21586 minutes ago.
visibility is 16km = 10sm.
The temperature is 2°C = 36°F, dew point is -16°C = 3°F. The air is dry : relative air humidity is 25 %.
QNH is 1024hPa = 30.24inHg
Sky clear.
Remarks : automatic station with precipitation sensor Sea Level Pressure SLP=208 T00171156
TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
KRKS 151120Z 1512/1612 16006KT P6SM SKC FM151900 26012G18KT P6SM SKC FM160200 26009KT P6SM SCT200
Decoded TAF for Southwest Wyoming Regional airport KRKS RKS
TAF issued by KRKS on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:20 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 15 days and 19 hours and 48 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 19:00 heure UTC
1512/1612 16006KT P6SM SKC
sky clear
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
from Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM151900 26012G18KT P6SM SKC
sky clear
wind 12kt = 22km/h with gusts at 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
from Tuesday, April 15, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Wednesday, April 16, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM160200 26009KT P6SM SCT200
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 260°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6sm.
scattered 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↑
→ 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