Worland Municipal Airport

Worland Municipal Airport (IATA: WRL, ICAO: KWRL, FAA LID: WRL) is in Washakie County, Wyoming, three miles south of Worland, which owns it.[1] It was built in 1953.[1] It has no scheduled airline service; Great Lakes Airlines pulled out on September 30, 2016.[2]

Worland Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Worland
ServesWorland, Wyoming
Elevation AMSL4,252 ft / 1,296 m
Coordinates43°57′46″N 107°57′02″W
Websitecityofworland.org/...
Map
WRL
WRL
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 7,001 2,134 Asphalt
10/28 2,501 762 Turf
4/22 2,241 683 Turf
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations5,232
Based aircraft16

Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 2,996 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[3] 2,650 in 2009 and 2,737 in 2010.[4] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).[5]

Facilities

The airport covers 690 acres (279 ha) at an elevation of 4,252 feet (1,296 m). It has three runways: 16/34 is 7,001 by 100 feet (2,134 x 30 m) asphalt, 10/28 is 2,501 by 60 feet (762 x 18 m) turf and 4/22 is 2,241 by 60 feet (683 x 18 m) turf.[1]

In 2011 the airport had 5,232 aircraft operations, average 14 per day: 67% general aviation, 21% air taxi, 12% airline, and <1% military. 16 aircraft were then based at the airport: 56% single-engine, 13% jet, and 31% helicopter.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for WRL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. "Airport". City of Worland. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009.
  4. "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on September 27, 2012.

Other sources
  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-1997-2981) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2000-5-14 (May 11, 2000): tentatively reselecting Great Lakes Aviation to provide essential air service at Laramie, Rock Springs and Worland, Wyoming, for the two-year period from May 1, 2000 – April 30, 2002, at an annual subsidies of $297,633, for Laramie, $465,023, for Rock Springs, and $353,345 for Worland.
    • Order 2002-7-20 (July 11, 2002): extends the interim subsidy rates of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. at each of the communities listed (Page, AZ; Alamosa, CO; Pueblo, CO; Ironwood, MI/Ashland, WI; McCook, NE; Laramie, WY; Rock Springs, WY; Worland, WY; Moab, UT; Vernal, UT).
    • Order 2004-7-16 (July 20, 2004): selects Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide essential air service with 19-passenger B1900D aircraft at Laramie, Riverton, Rock Springs, and Worland, Wyoming, for two years for annual subsidy rates of $397,400, $394,046, $390,488, and $797,844, respectively.
    • Order 2006-9-9 (September 11, 2006): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a United Airlines and Frontier code-share partner, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Laramie and Worland, Wyoming, at an annual subsidy rate of $487,516 for Laramie and $972,757 for Worland, for the two-year period of October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2008.
    • Order 2008-7-3 (July 1, 2008): re-selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a United Airlines and Frontier Airlines code-share partner, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Laramie and Worland, Wyoming, at an annual subsidy rate of $1,215,603 for Laramie and $1,735,814 for Worland, for the two-year period of October 1, 2008, through September 30, 2010.
    • Order 2010-8-10 (August 18, 2010): selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., operating as both a United Airlines and Frontier Airlines code share partner, to provide essential air service (EAS) at Laramie and Worland, for a combined annual subsidy of $2,951,908, for the two-year period from October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2012.
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