Panguitch Municipal
U55 · Panguitch, Utah · Garfield County · map
Panguitch Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Panguitch City CORP, 3 miles northeast of Panguitch, Utah, 6,762 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,700 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA U55
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Panguitch City CORP
- Elevation
- 6,762 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Las Vegas sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12E
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| U55 and aWOS-3 | 133.125 | |
| Bryce Canyon Center (remote transmitter) Low | 133.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 435-676-8784.
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 Panguitch from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Panguitch, Utah: 2 balloons, 1 piston single, 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 · 5 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 runway end identifier lights runway 18/36; PAPI runway 18/36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- City/amgr.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -27C.
- No fuel
- No courtesy car available.
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.