KRWI is the ICAO code for Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (IATA RWI), located in Rocky Mount, NC.
Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport (KRWI) is a medium airport in Rocky Mount, NC. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KRWI or IATA code RWI. It sits in North America.
Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments. The 7,099-foot runway means it is well-suited as a dedicated bizjet field, free from airline scheduling pressure.
The longest runway measures 7,099 ft (2,164 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.
Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport sits near sea level at 159 ft.
Local operations run on America/New_York. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.
SkyAccess currently tracks 127 departing and 249 arriving private-jet legs at KRWI across the next six months of operator inventory. 6 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.
Regional fields like KRWI 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.