Red Wing Regional Airport Explained

Red Wing Regional Airport
Icao:KRGK
Faa:RGK
Type:Public
Owner:City of Red Wing
City-Served:Red Wing, Minnesota
Location:Hager City, Wisconsin
Elevation-F:778
Elevation-M:237
Coordinates:44.5894°N -92.485°W
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Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Wisconsin
Pushpin Label:RGK
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:9/27
R1-Length-F:5,010
R1-Length-M:1,527
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (2019)
Stat1-Data:14,050
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft (2024)
Stat2-Data:67
Footnotes:Sources: Minnesota DOT,[1] FAA[2]

Red Wing Regional Airport 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.

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 but has no designation from the IATA.[3] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025, in which it is categorized as a regional general aviation facility.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Red Wing Regional Airport covers an area of 534acres at an elevation of 778 feet (237 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).

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2019, the airport had 14,050 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% military and 2% air taxi. In January 2024, there were 67 aircraft based at this airport: 38 single-engine, 5 multi-engine and 24 jet.

Accidents and Incidents

On September 6, 2022, a Stoddard-Hamilton Glasair Super II impacted terrain off Highway 35 on airport property. Two people were killed.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Wing Regional Airport . Airport Directory . . 2008-08-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081207045848/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/aero/avoffice/ops/airdir/pdf/redwing.pdf . 2008-12-07 .
  2. , effective January 25, 2024.
  3. Web site: KRGK - Red Wing, Minnesota - Red Wing Regional Airport . Great Circle Mapper . 2009-08-08.
  4. Web site: NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A . . November 7, 2018 . October 3, 2018.