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).
Weather right now KRWI · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 62 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°F (22°C), dew point 46°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:34 pm EDT (17:34 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- At times between Wed 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC) and 7:00 am EDT (11:00 UTC): visibility 2 miles, mist IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRWI 061853Z AUTO 03008KT 10SM CLR 22/08 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP201 T02220078 PNO
TAF KRWI 061734Z 0618/0718 04006KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 0707/0711 2SM BR
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.