KRKS IATA RKS Medium Airport

Airport record

Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport

Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States

Scheduled service reportedHigh elevation
WGS 84 position 41.59420°, -109.06500° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 6,764 ft MSL

2,062 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

2 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 10,002 ft

3,049 metres · 09/27

PUBLISHED COMMS 3

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
09/27 10,002 × 150 ft3,049 × 46 m Asphalt 103.2° / 283.2° east–west Reported lighted Reported open
03/21 5,228 × 75 ft1,593 × 23 m Asphalt 45.2° / 225.2° northeast–southwest Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
09 LE · low-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 103.2°T 6,728 ft MSL2,051 m Not published 41.59770°, -109.08200° Open end map ↗
27 HE · high-numbered end 09/27 Reported open 283.2°T 6,760 ft MSL2,060 m Not published 41.59140°, -109.04700° Open end map ↗
03 LE · low-numbered end 03/21 Reported open 45.2°T 6,730 ft MSL2,051 m Not published 41.58860°, -109.07300° Open end map ↗
21 HE · high-numbered end 03/21 Reported open 225.2°T 6,744 ft MSL2,056 m Not published 41.59870°, -109.06000° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
ASOS 118.375 MHz ASOS
RDO 122.600 MHz CASPER RDO
UNIC 122.800 MHz CTAF/UNICOM

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CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
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KCOS City of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportColorado Springs 261 NM483 km · SE · 128° true 13,500 ft
KBOI Boise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldBoise 338 NM625 km · NW · 293° true 10,000 ft
KABQ Albuquerque International SunportAlbuquerque 410 NM760 km · S · 163° true 13,793 ft
KLAS Harry Reid International AirportLas Vegas 436 NM808 km · SW · 223° true 14,835 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.