RKS — Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport
- IATA code
- RKS
- ICAO code
- KRKS
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 50,766
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 2
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−7 / UTC−6
- America/Denver
- Elevation
- 2,062 m
- 6,765 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 3,049 m
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About RKS
Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Rock Springs, United States. 50,766 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 2 nonstop routes from RKS.
US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from RKS
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| RKS → DEN | 418 km | 50,727 |
| RKS → BFF | 456 km | 39 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at RKS
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 1,477 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 82.4%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Departures counted
- 728
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| VEL | Vernal Regional Airport | 134 km |
| RIW | Central Wyoming Regional Airport | 171 km |
| HDN | Yampa Valley Airport | 198 km |
| OGD | Ogden Hinckley Airport | 250 km |
| CPR | Casper-Natrona County International Airport | 259 km |
Distance from RKS to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,049 m | 46 m | Asphalt |
| 03/21 | 1,593 m | 23 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Rock Springs, Wyoming, United States · 41.5942, -109.0650
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