Rifle Garfield County
RIL · KRIL · Rifle, Colorado · Garfield County · map
Rifle Garfield County is a public-use airport owned by Garfield County, 3 miles east of Rifle, Colorado, 5,537 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRIL · observed 1:53 pm MDT (19:53 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 78°F (26°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 11:20 am MDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 12:00 pm MDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 12,000 feet, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 1:00 pm MDT (19:00 UTC): wind from the west at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 13,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm MDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRIL 061953Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 26/03 A3018 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP159 T02560028
TAF KRIL 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM FEW120 FEW250 FM061900 28008KT P6SM FEW130 SCT250 FM070200 14005KT P6SM FEW250
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 RIL · ICAO KRIL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Garfield County
- Elevation
- 5,537 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, four lights on the left, tower 6 ft high 331 ft from the end
- Runway 26: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Rifle and center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.95 | |
| Ril and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 970-625-2206.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Rifle from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Rifle, Colorado: 25 piston singles, 1 gyroplane. 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 · 16 since 1982, 2 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
- Activate odals runway 26; runway end identifier lights runway 08; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 08 and 26 on continuously.
- For aircraft gross weight 10000 pounds or more.
- Aft winter SN storms airport operations bfr all taxiways are cleared.
- Overnight parking fee.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -13C.
- Gld operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Proper dual rdo use (air traffic control/the common traffic frequency) is esntl for safe and efficient traffic flow.
- Use the common traffic frequency prior to entering runway or pattern.
- IFR air traffic control clnc from ril is not authorized to enter runway or takeoff and landing.
- Saturated pattern policy: tgls prohibited when 5 or more aircraft in traffic pattern.
- Flw FAA procedures for NON-TOWERED airports.
- Ctn: SN removal equip operations from 1 oct to 15 may.
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.