Upper Cumberland Regional
SRB · KSRB · Sparta, Tennessee · White County · map
Upper Cumberland Regional is a public-use airport, 9 miles northwest of Sparta, Tennessee, 1,025 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 6,704 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 111 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 33,095 takeoffs and landings a year. About 20 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSRB · observed 5:35 pm CDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 77°F (25°C), dew point 61°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 12:20 pm CDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 1:00 pm CDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSRB 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/16 A3000 RMK AO2
TAF KSRB 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
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 SRB · ICAO KSRB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 1,025 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm; Sunday, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- St Louis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1975
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 6,704 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, runway lead-in lights, 6,000 ft available for landing, tree 74 ft high 3,011 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 691 ft, 6,000 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.975 | |
| Shelbyville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.15 | |
| Srb and aWOS-3P | 128.25 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 931-738-3111.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 33,095, 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 Sparta from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Sparta, Tennessee: 27 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 4 turboprops, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 3 helicopters. 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 Tennessee.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 1 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 rlls runway 04; runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 - the common traffic frequency.
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.