RIFLE RULES: Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL) -- your Request Rifle! General Aviation Airport -- is located in Rifle, Colorado, a mere 27 miles from Glenwood Springs, 46 miles to Eagle, 61 miles to Aspen, 65 miles to Grand Junction, and 88 miles to Vail. It is in the epicenter of Colorado's best Rocky Mountain to Red Rock Desert recreational and residential properties.
Request Rifle! because it is:
The preferred alternate for Eagle and Aspen (which are closed nights and often because of the weather);
It is the preferred General Aviation Mountain Business Jet Airport in Colorado;
It's open 24 hours a day, seven days a week;
There are no noise restrictions;
As a General Aviation airport security regulations of commercial airports do not apply; and
It is STMP (Special Traffic Management Procedures) friendly.
Garfield County Regional Airport -- Primary Guiding Documents