Airport type Public 04/22 5,800 Elevation 2,189 m | Operator City of Green River Elevation AMSL 7,182 ft / 2,189 m 5,800 1,768 Phone +1 307-872-0532 | |
Address Airport Rd, Green River, WY 82935, USA Similar County Clerk, City of Green River, Rock Springs County Ai, Union Pacific Railroad, Sweetwat County Museum | ||
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The Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport is a small public use airstrip about five miles south of Green River, Wyoming on a mountain known as South Hill. It opened in 1963.
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Facilities
The airport covers 400 acres (160 ha) at an elevation of 7,182 feet (2,189 m). It has one runway, 04/22, 5,800 by 130 feet (1,768 x 40 m) gravel with deep ruts from vehicular traffic. The runway is unattended, with no buildings or facilities, except a windsock. The runway does not have a clear line of sight from the runway ends. Communications are through CTAF and most of the services are from nearby Rock Springs - Sweetwater County Airport.
In the year ending July 31, 2007 the airport had 34 aircraft operations, all general aviation. No aircraft were then based at the airport.
Spaceport
On July 5, 1994 Resolution R94-23 of the Green River city council designated this landing field as the "Greater Green River Intergalactic Spaceport", for inhabitants of Jupiter who might wish to take sanctuary in Green River in the event their planet is threatened by collisions from comets or meteors, in apparent reference to the contemporary Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 impact.