Worland Municipal Airport (IATA: WRL, ICAO: KWRL, FAA LID: WRL) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Worland, a city in Washakie County, Wyoming, United States. It is owned by the City of Worland and was originally constructed in 1953. The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,996 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 2,650 enplanements in 2009, and 2,737 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
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