KRKS — Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport

Airport Information

ICAOKRKS

IATARKS

NAMESouthwest Wyoming Regional Airport

CITYRock Springs

COUNTRYUS

LATITUDEN41°35′39.1″

LONGITUDEW109°03′54.0″

DECIMAL 41.594200, -109.065001

ELEVATION 6,764 ft / 2,062 m

LOCAL TIME --:--:--Loading…

Sun Times (Today, UTC)

SUNRISE

12:22 UTC

SUNSET

02:19 UTC

DAY LENGTH

-10h -3m

RIGHT NOW—

CIVIL TWILIGHT 11:52 UTC – 02:49 UTC

Weather — METAR / TAF

RAW METARKRKS 131054Z AUTO 07010KT 10SM CLR 16/09 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP107 T01560094

FLIGHT CATEGORYVFR

WIND↑070° / 10 kt

VISIBILITY16,090 m

CLOUDSCLR

TEMP / DEWPOINT16° / 9°

QNH1020 hPa

TRANSITION ALT / LVL18000 ft / FL190

DENSITY ALTITUDE8,271 ft (field 6,764 ft)

TAFTAF KRKS 131120Z 1312/1412 10005KT P6SM BKN100 FM131700 24008KT P6SM SCT120 FM132100 24012KT P6SM SCT070 BKN100 PROB30 1321/1401 25015G25KT 6SM -TSRA BKN060CB FM140100 22008KT P6SM SCT120 FM140700 18004KT P6SM SCT150

Initially: winds 100° at 5kt, ceiling 10000ft. PROB30 1321/1401: winds 250° at 15kt, gusting 25kt, -TSRA.

Weather forecast

Runways

➤03 030° 1593 m / 5,226 ft · ASP ● LIT NO ILS

➤09 090° 3049 m / 10,003 ft · ASP ● LIT NO ILS

➤21 210° 1593 m / 5,226 ft · ASP ● LIT NO ILS

➤27 270° 3049 m / 10,003 ft · ASP ● LIT NO ILS

ATC Frequencies

ASOS
ASOS

118.375 MHz

RDO
CASPER RDO

122.6 MHz

UNIC
CTAF/UNICOM

122.8 MHz

Nearest Alternates

KVEL Vernal Regional Airport 72 NM 196° NO ILS

KLND Hunt Field 75 NM 011° NO ILS

KBPI Miley Memorial Field 76 NM 322° NO ILS

KPNA Ralph Wenz Field 79 NM 335° NO ILS

KRWL Rawlins Municipal Airport/Harvey Field 85 NM 080° NO ILS

KEVW Evanston-Uinta County Airport-Burns Field 91 NM 258° NO ILS

Nearest Waypoints

SIRNE 3 NM 283°

JORAK 4 NM 279°

WATUM 4 NM 102°

ZEREX 7 NM 283°

HEBUM 7 NM 103°

INUXY 7 NM 279°

Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport (KRKS / RKS) — Rock Springs, US