Garfield County Regional Airport

KRIL / RIL

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Rifle, ColoradoELEV 5,548 FT

Medium airport4.9 · 40 on Google

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Google rating

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Field elevation

feet above sea level

Nearest alternate

nm to EGE

Field standing

Computed · Google ratings × Bravo register

#1 / 35

Colorado airports by Google rating

4.9★ across 40 Google ratings — ranked against 35 rated CO fields.

38 nm

To the nearest alternate

Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE) — 3 fields within 50 nm.

Overview

01 / Field brief

Located in Rifle, Colorado, Garfield County Regional Airport (KRIL / RIL) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 5,548 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.

RIL has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Eagle County Regional Airport (EGE, 38 nm), Aspen-Pitkin County Airport (Sardy Field) (ASE, 44 nm), and Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT, 44 nm).

Quotes for flights out of RIL vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as Rifle Airport. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RIL, or browse verified operators serving the area.

Field capability

Charts on SkyVector

02 / Field data

ICAO

KRIL

IATA

RIL

FAA / Local

RIL

Elevation

5,548 ft

Coordinates

39.5263° N · 107.7270° W

Airspace

E · Echo

Size

Medium

Scheduled svc

Elevation vs CO fields

state range 3,706–9,927 ft

At 5,548 ft, RIL sits lower than 67% of the 39 Colorado fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.