Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport
RCV · KRCV · Del Norte, Colorado · Rio Grande County · map
Astronaut Kent Rominger Airport is a public-use airport owned by Rio Grande County, 3 miles north of Del Norte, Colorado, 7,955 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 6,051 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KRCV · observed 2:55 pm MDT (20:55 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 74°F (23°C), dew point 28°F (-2°C)
- Altimeter 30.32 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRCV 062055Z AUTO 13005KT 10SM CLR 23/M02 A3032 RMK AO2 T02341020
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RCV · ICAO KRCV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Rio Grande County
- Elevation
- 7,955 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8E
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,051 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 03/21 | 4,812 × 60 ft | Grass, poor |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 21: road 19 ft high 122 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Rcv and aWOS-3PT | 118.275 | |
| Alamosa and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.375 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 719-657-9017.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Del Norte from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Del Norte, Colorado: 12 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute, 1 glider. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Colorado.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport existed prior to 1959.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24, PAPI runway 06 and 24, medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 06 and 24 only operates at night.
- +8 feet sign 20 feet from threshold 10 feet R of centerline.
- Unusable beyond 5 degrees right of crs.
- Nmrs holes first 500 feet runway 03; rough surface thrut.
- Unl vehicle aces on airport.
- Mtus trrn all quads.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.