Friends of the Glenwood Springs Airport

07/31/2026

🚨 SAVE THE DATE! 🚨

✈️ Runway to Adventure
Featuring the EAA Young Eagles Rally

📅 Friday, September 11
📍 Rifle Garfield County Airport (KRIL)

Get ready for a day of aviation adventure! Youth ages 8–17 can experience a FREE introductory flight with volunteer pilots through the EAA Young Eagles program, while families explore aircraft, aviation careers, STEM activities, and more.

📢 Registration opens the week of August 10.

Your first flight could be the start of a lifetime adventure.

Tag a family who should know about this!

07/29/2026

Attention pilots! KGWS Sumers Airpark in Glenwood Springs will be fully closed next week, August 3-7 for a major maintenance project. The improvements entail crack fill, fog seal of all surfaces, new paint and NEW Runway Numbers - 15/33. This project was made possible through a Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant approved by the Colorado Aeronautical Board.

06/21/2026

06/17/2026

Now this sounds like fun ✈️🏔️💦

06/01/2026

COLORADO: we are pleased to announce that the 2026 Ruehle Award for Advanced Ratings scholarship application window is now open!

The Colorado Chapter of the Ninety-Nines is offering a $5000 scholarship award to a woman pilot in Colorado who is pursuing an advanced flight rating. Two (2) scholarships will be awarded.
Contact us with any questions at [email protected]

https://www.colorado99s.org/scholarships to see the application!

05/28/2026

05/27/2026

🚨 WE LISTENED 🚨

By popular request, Rocky Mountain Aero Group’s Build & Fly Summer Aviation Camp is now open to ages 10+ ✈️🙌

We heard from families with younger aviation enthusiasts who were eager to join, so we opened the door.

Because aviation is not about age. It’s about teamwork, curiosity, communication, problem-solving, and the willingness to learn.

This is not a sit-and-watch camp.

This is a hands-on aviation experience where students work in teams to build a large-scale flyable aircraft, learn how flight works, tackle engineering challenges, use flight simulators, meet aviation professionals, and experience aviation in a real airport environment.

✨ Camp includes:
✈️ Aircraft build project
🛩 Flight & aerodynamics learning
🔧 Engineering & aviation STEM activities
🎮 Flight simulation
👨‍✈️ Aviation mentors & guest professionals
🏔 Real airport experience at KGWS | Sumers Airpark (Glenwood Springs Airport)
🥪 Lunch provided daily

📅 July 20–25, 2026
🟢 Now open to ages 10+
⚠️ Limited spots available

If your child thought they were too young… now’s the time.

And parents, tell your kids to tell their friends. Building airplanes is way more fun with your crew. 👊✈️

🔗 Scan QR Code to Register