Red Wing Regional Airport

Red Wing Regional Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Red Wing
Serves Red Wing, Minnesota
Elevation AMSL 780 ft / 238 m
Coordinates 44°35′22″N 092°29′06″W / 44.58944°N 92.48500°W / 44.58944; -92.48500
Website RedWingAirport.com
Map
RGK
RGK

Location of airport in Minnesota / United States

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 5,010 1,527 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2016) 14,050
Based aircraft (2017) 56

Red Wing Regional Airport (ICAO: KRGK, FAA LID: RGK) is a city owned public use airport located in Pierce County, Wisconsin, three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Red Wing, a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned RGK by the FAA[2] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Red Wing Regional Airport covers an area of 534 acres (216 ha) at an elevation of 780 feet (238 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,010 by 100 feet (1,527 x 30 m).[2]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2016, the airport had 14,050 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93 general aviation, 5% military and 2% air taxi. In March 2017, there were 56 aircraft based at this airport: 40 single-engine, 2 multi-engine, 10 jet, 1 glider and 3 ultralight.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Red Wing Regional Airport" (PDF). Airport Directory. Minnesota DOT. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for RGK (Form 5010 PDF), effective Mar 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ "KRGK - Red Wing, Minnesota - Red Wing Regional Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-08-08.


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