Central Wyoming Regional
RIW · KRIW · Riverton, Wyoming · Fremont County · map
Central Wyoming Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Riverton, 3 miles northwest of Riverton, Wyoming, 5,516 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 8,204 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 31 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 4,547 takeoffs and landings a year. About 18,799 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Central Wyoming Regional?
Its FAA code is RIW, and its ICAO code is KRIW.
Where is Central Wyoming Regional?
It is 3 miles northwest of Riverton, Wyoming, 5,516 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Central Wyoming Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 10/28, is 8,204 feet long.
Does Central Wyoming Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Central Wyoming Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Central Wyoming Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Denver International, Central Wyoming Regional, Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field, City Of Colorado Springs Municipal, Salt Lake City International. Every route
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Central Wyoming Regional?
1 aviation medical examiner work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Central Wyoming Regional…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RIW · ICAO KRIW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Riverton
- Elevation
- 5,516 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Cheyenne sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 8,204 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 4,800 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, power line 133 ft high 3,950 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Riw and automated weather (ASOS) | 121.425 | |
| Boysen and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 133.25 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 307-556-2831.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, crop spraying, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hunt Field (19 nm southwest), Hot Springs County (39 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Wyoming · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; runway end identifier lights runway 01 and runway 19; and runway end identifier lights runway 10; approach lights (MALSR) runway 28 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01, runway 19, runway 10 and runway 28 oper 24 hours.
- General aviation aircraft not auzd on west ramp.
- Multiple hot air balloons in the vicinity of airport during july.
- Conditions not monitored at night aft the last air carrier arrival until 0500L. see NOTAMs for the most UP-TO-DATE conditions and updts.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 749 departures from RIW in those twelve months, carrying 25,399 passengers in 37,450 seats (68% filled), to 8 destinations on 1 airline.
All 8 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 28 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 4,547, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,003 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,974 |
| general aviation, local | 1,561 |
| military | 9 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Riverton from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Riverton, Wyoming: 21 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 6 balloons, 1 airliner. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Wyoming.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
No pilot examiner is based within 50 nautical miles, as far as the FAA's list places them. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
All 1 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Riverton 39 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 11 piston twins, 6 balloons
- City of Riverton 4 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Wyoming 777 since 1982 · 108 in the last ten years
- Denver International (DEN) 730 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Central Wyoming Regional (RIW) 10 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Scottsbluff/Western Nebraska Rgnl/Wm B Heilig Field (BFF) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- City Of Colorado Springs Municipal (COS) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Salt Lake City International (SLC) 2 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Yellowstone Regional (COD) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Casper/Natrona County International (CPR) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Northern Colorado Regional (FNL) 1 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 4 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Wyoming 42 landing places
- Wyoming 3,230 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RIW.json.
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 26, 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.