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Garfield County Regional Airport (KRIL) is a county-owned public-use general aviation airport serving Rifle, Colorado, sited a short distance east of the town along the Interstate 70 corridor. It offers a single long, hard-surfaced runway with an ILS approach, making it a capable destination for both piston GA traffic and business jets in this stretch of the Colorado high country.
Garfield County Regional Airport is a county-owned, public-use general aviation facility at Rifle, Colorado, lying within Garfield County. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems categorises it as a general aviation facility, and it supports a mix of local flying training, private aircraft and business jet traffic, with a single runway equipped with an instrument landing system giving it useful all-weather capability for a field at this elevation in the Rockies.
The airport sits about three nautical miles east of the central business district of Rifle, Colorado, along the Interstate 70 corridor in Garfield County. Denver Center provides en-route radar service in the surrounding airspace.
The airport has one physical runway, 08/26, 6,987 feet long with a hard (asphalt) surface and lit for night operations. Runway 26 is equipped with an ILS, giving an instrument approach to that direction; runway 08 is served visually.
An ASOS automated weather observing service broadcasts on 135.275 MHz. Denver Center can be contacted on 134.5 MHz for en-route and approach guidance. CTAF/UNICOM traffic and advisory calls are made on 122.8 MHz. Runway 26 has an ILS approach.
The field is classified by the FAA as a general aviation facility and is owned by Garfield County, which administers its operation. Beyond its current ownership and role, little detailed operational history is recorded in the available references.
In the twelve months to 31 December 2018 the airport logged 14,382 aircraft operations, an average of 39 per day, with general aviation accounting for 84 percent of movements, air taxi traffic 16 percent, and a small fraction military. Twenty-two aircraft were then based on the field, comprising 16 single-engine and 3 multi-engine piston types, 2 jets and 1 glider. Atlantic Aviation operates as the airport's fixed-base operator.