Kanab Municipal
KNB · KKNB · Kanab, Utah · Kane County · map
Kanab Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Kanab, 2 miles south of Kanab, Utah, 4,868 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 6,200 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 20 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 3,140 takeoffs and landings a year. About 744 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KKNB · observed 4:35 pm MDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
- Wind from the north (350°) at 16 knots, gusting to 21
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 81°F (27°C), dew point 41°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.18 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KKNB 062235Z AUTO 35016G21KT 10SM MM 27/05 A3018 RMK A01
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA KNB · ICAO KKNB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Kanab
- Elevation
- 4,868 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,200 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 19: other 15 ft high 383 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Cedar City Center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.2 | |
| Knb and aWOS-3 | 133.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 435-644-2267.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 3,140, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Kanab from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Kanab, Utah: 6 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Utah.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 01; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 01 operates continuously.
- Fuel service available 24/7.
- Const equip.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.