Rockwood Municipal
RKW · KRKW · Rockwood, Tennessee · Morgan County · map
Rockwood Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Rockwood, 3 miles north of Rockwood, Tennessee, 1,664 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRKW · observed 3:55 pm CDT (20:55 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 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 KRKW 062055Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 24/15 A3005 RMK A01
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 RKW · ICAO KRKW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Rockwood
- Elevation
- 1,664 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 21 ft high 871 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Rkw and aWOS-3 | 118.775 | |
| Hinch Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 865-354-9262.
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 Rockwood from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Rockwood, Tennessee: 8 piston singles. 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 Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 1 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
- Tax aircraft not visible from runway ends.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 preset low intst; incr intst - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 04 and 22 operates continuously.
- All other times by appointment, 24 hours notice
- FULL-SERVE available M-F 8-4 ET or by appointment. SELF-SERVE available 24/7
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.