Carbon County Rgnl/Buck Davis Field
PUC · KPUC · Price, Utah · Carbon County · map
Carbon County Rgnl/Buck Davis Field is a public-use airport owned by Carbon County, 3 miles east of Price, Utah, 5,958 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 8,316 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 14 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 5,504 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KPUC · observed 5:53 pm MDT (23:53 UTC), 5 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 79°F (26°C), dew point 37°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.19 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 KPUC 062353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/03 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02610028 10272 20228 56010
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 PUC · ICAO KPUC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Carbon County
- Elevation
- 5,958 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- APRIL to October, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; November to March, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Denver sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 8,316 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,513 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,151 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 128 ft
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Sunnyside and center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.9 | |
| Puc and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 435-250-4031.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 5,504, 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 Price from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Price, Utah: 5 piston singles, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Utah.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 11 since 1982, 2 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 malsf runway 01; runway end identifier lights runway 19, 08 and 26; PAPI runway 01 and 19, 08 and 26; high-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- > 25K pounds $200 ramp fee. Landing fee waived with mnm fuel purchase.
- 24 hour self service fuel available with credit card.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 NM due to trrn; beyond 9 degreess right of centerline.
- High voltage transient line on extdd centerline.
- Runway 15, 20 feet drop off, 200 feet from thld.
- Runway 08, 60 feet drop off, 520 feet from runway end.
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.