Airport type Public Serves Riverton, Wyoming 10/28 8,204 Elevation 1,684 m | Owner City of Riverton Elevation AMSL 5,528 ft / 1,685 m Code RIW Phone +1 307-856-7063 | |
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Riverton Regional Airport (IATA: RIW, ICAO: KRIW, FAA LID: RIW) is a city owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Riverton, a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. The airfield also serves nearby Lander, Wyoming with regard to scheduled passenger airline flights. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by two commercial passenger airlines. Service was subsidized by the Essential Air Service program until October 2006, when Great Lakes Airlines began providing subsidy-free service. Key Lime Air operating as the Denver Air Connection began serving the airport with regional jet aircraft on July 1, 2016.
Contents
- Riverton regional airport board meeting 03 21 2014
- Facilities and aircraft
- Airlines and destinations
- Historical airline service
- References
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 17,035 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 14,186 enplanements in 2009, and 14,361 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).
Riverton regional airport board meeting 03 21 2014
Facilities and aircraft
Riverton Regional Airport covers an area of 1,250 acres (506 ha) at an elevation of 5,528 feet (1,685 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 10/28 is 8,204 by 150 feet (2,501 x 46 m) and 1/19 is 4,800 by 75 feet (1,463 x 23 m). The airport is an uncontrolled airport that has no control tower.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 6,690 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 76% general aviation, 24% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 89% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, and 2% jet.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines offer scheduled passenger service:
Key Lime Air operating as the Denver Air Connection operates Fairchild Dornier 328JET regional jet aircraft while Great Lakes Airlines flies Beechcraft 1900D commuter turboprops. On November 1, 2016 Great Lakes introduced larger Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia propjets on most of its flights to Denver.
Historical airline service
The original Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) served the airport for many years. In 1950, Frontier was operating Douglas DC-3 service with flights to Denver, Salt Lake City, Billings, Casper, Cheyenne and other local destinations in the region. By 1964, Frontier had introduced Convair 580 turboprop aircraft with nonstop service to Denver, Casper, Jackson, WY, and Rock Springs as well as direct, no change of plane flights to Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, Billings, Cheyenne, Laramie, Cody and other destinations. Frontier Airlines predecessor Challenger Airlines had previously served Riverton during the 1940s.
The jet age arrived in Riverton in 1979 when Frontier began serving the airport with Boeing 737-200 jetliners in addition to operating flights with Convair 580 turboprops. Frontier operated direct 737 jet flights to Denver via an intermediate stop in Casper from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. However, by 1985 Frontier had ceased serving the airport. Frontier was the only airline ever to operate mainline jet aircraft into the airport with the 737.
Frontier's service was replaced by Pioneer Airlines operating code sharing flights as Continental Express on behalf of Continental Airlines with nonstop Swearingen Metroliner propjet service to Denver in 1985. By 1989, Rocky Mountain Airways was operating Continental Express service nonstop to Denver with ATR 42 and Beechcraft 1900C turboprops via a code share agreement with Continental. In 1995, the Continental Express code share service at the airport was being operated by GP Express Airlines with Beechcraft 1900C turboprops nonstop to Denver. By 1991, United Express operated by Mesa Airlines had joined Continental Express at the airport with Beechcraft 1900C turboprop service nonstop to Denver flown via a code sharing agreement with United Airlines. Continental then shut down its connecting hub in Denver and by 1999 only United Express operated by Great Lakes Airlines was serving the airport with nonstop Beechcraft 1900 flights to Denver. Great Lakes subsequently lost its United Express designation but continues to serve the airport at the present time as an independent commuter air carrier.