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Airport Information
Welcome to the Rock Springs -
Sweetwater County Airport's informational web
site. This site has been established to provide
information to anybody who may want, or need, to know
something about the airport or the Rock Springs
area.
History Originally built in 1942 as the
Rock Springs Airport, the original
setup included two airstrips, an east/west runway
(12-30) and a north/south runway (3-21). A third
runway (7-25) was added later and included lights to
facilitate night operations. Other improvements
have included construction of another runway (9-27), the
closing of two runways, (7-25) and (12-30), the addition
of taxiways and service aprons, and the construction of
both passenger and general aviation terminals. In
1969 an agreement with Sweetwater County made the
airport a joint-powers facility which was run by a 5
member board. The new name of the airport became
the Rock Springs - Sweetwater County
Airport.
Before the airport
was moved to the current location, it was located near
the site of the present fair grounds. In June of
1931 the airport was used as a waystop by Amelia Earhart
on a publicity tour with an auto gyro.
AdministrationThe airport board has five
members and is responsible for operation of the
airport. The policies established by the board are
administered by the Airport Manager. The current
board members are:
| Chairperson |
Mrs. Donna Acker |
| Vice
Chairman |
Mr. Bill Yedinak |
| Treasurer |
Mr. Larry Levitt |
| Secretary |
Mr. Jim Spingsteil |
| Assistant
Secretary |
Mr. Craig Nelson |
The board meets on
the second Wednesday of each month at 1:00 pm. The
day to day airport operations are taken care of
by:
| Airport
Manager |
Mr. Gary
Valentine |
(307)
352-6880 |
| Operations Chief |
Mr. Terry Doak |
(307)
352-6888 |
| Administration |
Miss Marchane Hunt |
(307)
352-6880 |
LocationThe Rock Springs -
Sweetwater County Airport is located 7 miles east of
Rock Springs in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Rock
Springs is a town of roughly 20,000 people, while
Sweetwater County has a little more than 40,000
people. To get to the airport, take Interstate 80
east out of Rock Springs. Leave the interstate at
exit 111 and go south on State Highway 370. The
airport is about 3.5 miles down the road on top of the
mesa. For those of you with GPS systems, the
airport is located at 41° 35' 39.183" N Latitude, 109°
03' 54.694" W Longitude.
The Rock
Springs - Sweetwater County Airport can be reached in
the following ways:
| E-Mail |
fly@wyoming.com |
| Phone |
(307)
352-6880 |
| FAX |
(307)
352-6882 |
Rock Springs -
Sweetwater County Airport
P. O. Box 1987, Rock
Springs, WY
82902 |
