New Castle Municipal
UCP · KUCP · New Castle, Pennsylvania · Lawrence County · map
New Castle Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Lawrence CO. Airport Authority, 4 miles northwest of New Castle, Pennsylvania, 1,072 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 3,995 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KUCP · observed 5:56 pm EDT (21:56 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KUCP 062156Z AUTO 13003KT 10SM CLR 17/04 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP209 T01720039
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 UCP · ICAO KUCP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lawrence CO. Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,072 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,995 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 13/31 | 2,855 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 48 ft high 663 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 29 ft high 538 ft from the end
- Runway 13: PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 31: threshold displaced 108 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.95 | |
| Ucp and aWOS-3PT | 124.175 | |
| Dubois and center (remote transmitter) Low | 126.725 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone (724) 652-4184.
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 New Castle from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in New Castle, Pennsylvania: 10 piston singles, 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- In operations prior to 1959.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 05 and 23; PAPI runway 05, 13, 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - 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.