KRIL — Rifle Garfield County
Rifle, CO · field elevation 5,537 ft · NON-ATCT
KRIL current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KRIL 111153Z AUTO 08006KT 10SM CLR 21/06 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP138 T02060056 10267 20206 51006
- Wind
- from 080° at 6 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 21 °C / dewpoint 6 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Density altitude
- 7,159 ft · pressure altitude 5,257 ft
- Observed
- 23 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 080° at 6 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 08 | 6 kt head | 1 kt from the left |
| 26 | 6 kt tail | 1 kt from the right |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
4 within 20 nm, closest on the field. Last image 14 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KRIL 111141Z 1112/1212 VRB03KT P6SM SCT120 FM111700 31007KT P6SM SCT250 PROB30 1120/1124 VRB15G25KT -TSRA BKN090CB FM120000 34007KT P6SM BKN250 FM120600 12004KT P6SM SCT250
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 39.52661, -107.72799
- Elevation
- 5,537 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1220Z / 0212Z
- Magnetic variation
- 10° (2010)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- Denver
- County
- Garfield, CO
Everything else KRIL publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 7,000 | 100 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
Published procedures
- 9 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP), VOR/DME
- 3 departures published
- 3 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KRIL airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Colorado airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.