Central Wyoming Regional Airport

Central Wyoming Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Riverton
ServesRiverton, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL5,528 ft / 1,685 m
Coordinates43°03′51″N 108°27′35″W / 43.06417°N 108.45972°W / 43.06417; -108.45972
Websitehttp://flyriverton.com/
Map
RIW is located in Wyoming
RIW
RIW
RIW is located in the United States
RIW
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 8,204 2,501 Asphalt
1/19 4,800 1,463 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations4,547
Based aircraft37

Central Wyoming Regional Airport, formerly Riverton Regional Airport, (IATA: RIW, ICAO: KRIW, FAA LID: RIW) is three miles northwest of Riverton, in Fremont County, Wyoming;[1] it also serves nearby Lander, Wyoming. It is used for general aviation and sees one passenger airline. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until October 2006, when Great Lakes Airlines began providing subsidy-free service.[2] Key Lime Air operating as the Denver Air Connection began serving the airport with regional jet aircraft on July 1, 2016.

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 17,035 passenger boarding's (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 14,186 in 2009 and 14,361 in 2010.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for RIW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective December 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Order 2006-9-9". U.S. Department of Transportation. September 11, 2006.
  3. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. ^ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.