Rockwood Municipal Airport

Rockwood Municipal Airport
Rockwood Municipal Airport
	IATA: RKW; ICAO: KRKW; FAA LID: RKW;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Rockwood
Serves	Rockwood, Tennessee
Elevation AMSL	1,664 ft / 507 m
Coordinates	35°55′20″N 084°41′23″W / 35.92222°N 84.68972°WCoordinates: 35°55′20″N 084°41′23″W / 35.92222°N 84.68972°W
Map
	RKW Location of airport in Tennessee
Runways
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	15,500
Based aircraft	10
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Rockwood Municipal Airport (IATA: RKW, ICAO: KRKW, FAA LID: RKW) is a public use airport in Morgan County^[1] and Cumberland County,^[2] Tennessee, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) north of Rockwood, which owns the airport,^[1] and about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of the Harriman, both cities in Roane County. Situated on Walden Ridge near the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau, the airport is convenient to Interstate 40. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[3]

Facilities and aircraft[]

Rockwood Municipal Airport covers an area of 572 acres (231 ha) at an elevation of 1,664 feet (507 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 4/22 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 21, 2009, the airport had 15,500 aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day: 80% general aviation, 15% military, and 5% air taxi. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine and 10% multi-engine.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for RKW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
^ "Map showing airport and county borders". MapQuest. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

External links[]

Airport page at City of Rockwood website
Aerial image as of March 1997 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for RKW, effective January 27, 2022
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RKW
- AirNav airport information for KRKW
- ASN accident history for RKW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KRKW

[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for RKW PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.

[2] "Map showing airport and county borders". MapQuest. Retrieved July 12, 2012.

[3] "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.

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