KRIW is the ICAO code for Central Wyoming Regional Airport (IATA RIW), located in Riverton, WY.
Central Wyoming Regional Airport (KRIW) is a medium airport in Riverton, WY. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KRIW or IATA code RIW. It sits in North America.
Central Wyoming Regional Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.
The longest runway measures 8,204 ft (2,501 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.
Central Wyoming Regional Airport sits at 5,525 ft above sea level. Hot-and-high conditions can meaningfully reduce takeoff performance in summer — planners should factor density altitude into payload and fuel decisions.
Local operations run on America/Denver. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.
SkyAccess currently tracks 75 departing and 38 arriving private-jet legs at KRIW across the next six months of operator inventory. 2 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KRIW are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.