Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional
RWI · KRWI · Rocky Mount, North Carolina · Nash County · map
Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional is a public-use airport, 7 miles southwest of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 158 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 7,099 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 39 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 29,810 takeoffs and landings a year. About 11 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
Its FAA code is RWI, and its ICAO code is KRWI.
Where is Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
It is 7 miles southwest of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 158 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 7,099 feet long, asphalt.
Does Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them Laredo International, Denton Enterprise, Tulsa International, Willow Run. Every route
Are there flight schools at Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Wilson Flyers LLC and Angel Wings Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional?
8 pilot examiners and 11 aviation medical examiners 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 Rocky Mount/Wilson 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 RWI · ICAO KRWI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 158 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 7:00 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
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,099 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 21 ft high 1,173 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, 6,900 ft available for landing, trees 56 ft high 2,100 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Rwi and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.875 | |
| New Bern Center (remote transmitter) Low | 123.85 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 252-446-0732.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (6 nm southwest), Wayne Executive Jetport (24 nm south), Triangle North Executive (24 nm northwest).
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 North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- PAPI runway 04 and 22 operates continuously. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
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 5 departures from RWI in those twelve months, carrying 0 passengers, to 4 destinations on 4 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional → Laredo International RWI–LRD | 2 | 0 | Gulf And Caribbean Cargo |
| Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional → Denton Enterprise RWI–DTO | 1 | 0 | Tatonduk Outfitters... |
| Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional → Tulsa International RWI–TUL | 1 | 0 | Ameristar Air Cargo |
| Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional → Willow Run RWI–YIP | 1 | 0 | USA Jet Airlines Inc. |
All 4 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 | 26 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 1 |
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 29,810, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 90 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,276 |
| general aviation, travelling | 19,302 |
| general aviation, local | 8,521 |
| military | 621 |
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 Rocky Mount from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Rocky Mount, North Carolina: 8 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 drones, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Wilson Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Rocky Mount
- Angel Wings Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Wilson, 7 miles away Angel Wings Flyers is a division of Wings 4 Humanity that provides free air transportation for patients in need of medical treatment far from home.
Repair stations in Rocky Mount:
- Honeywell Aerospace US, LLC Honeywell Aerospace is an aerospace and defense company that provides aircraft engines, cockpit and cabin electronics, wireless connectivity systems, navigation and sensor technologies, and propulsion and power solutions for commercial, def
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
8 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 7 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Francesco Gozzo private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pikeville, NC (22 nm) · (919) 426-5494 · [email protected]
- Taft Louis Stallings private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Dillon Aviation Inc. · Greenville, NC (28 nm) · (252) 813-2646 · [email protected]
- Adam Everett Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (31 nm) · (803) 493-9125 · [email protected]
- Charles Ray Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (31 nm) · (919) 369-2683 · [email protected]
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Blue Line Aviation · Smithfield, NC (31 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- Christopher Allen Kreske private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Pikeville, NC (37 nm) · (919) 608-3231 · [email protected]
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Cary, NC (44 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · [email protected]
- Elayne M Humphrey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Erwin, NC (50 nm) · (910) 224-8312 · [email protected]
All 27 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 5 since 1982, 1 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rocky Mount 20 aircraft · 8 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 3 drones
- Wilson Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Angel Wings Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Honeywell Aerospace US, LLC · repair station
- Laredo International (LRD) 2 flights in twelve months · Gulf And Caribbean Cargo
- Denton Enterprise (DTO) 1 flights in twelve months · Tatonduk Outfitters Limited d/b/a Everts Air Alaska and Everts Air Cargo
- Tulsa International (TUL) 1 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo
- Willow Run (YIP) 1 flights in twelve months · USA Jet Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,125 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RWI.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.