Airports / Wyoming / RIW
Central Wyoming Regional Airport
KRIW / RIWRiverton, WyomingELEV 5,525 FT
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Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
19 nm
To the nearest alternate
Hunt Field (LND).
Overview
Central Wyoming Regional Airport, listed as KRIW / RIW, is a mid-sized airport in Riverton, Wyoming. The field lies at an elevation of 5,525 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
RIW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Hunt Field (LND, 19 nm), Worland Municipal Airport (WRL, 58 nm), and Ralph Wenz Field (PWY, 61 nm).
Quotes for flights out of RIW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from RIW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
KRIW
IATA
RIW
FAA / Local
RIW
Elevation
5,525 ft
Coordinates
43.0642° N · 108.4600° W
Airspace
E · EchoClass E — EchoControlled airspace reaches the surface for instrument approaches, but there is no control tower on the field.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs WY fields
state range 3,939–7,285 ft
At 5,525 ft, RIW sits higher than 50% of the 28 Wyoming fields on the register — a high-elevation field where density altitude can trim aircraft performance on warm days.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 19nmLNDHunt FieldLander
- 58nmWRLWorland Municipal AirportWorland
- 61nmPWYRalph Wenz FieldPinedale
- 78nmBPIMiley Memorial FieldBig Piney
- 88nmCPRCasper-Natrona County International AirportCasper
- 91nmCODYellowstone Regional AirportCody
Location
Open the full mapKRIW · Central Wyoming Regional Airport · Riverton, WY
From the ramp
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