Wilkes County
UKF · KUKF · North Wilkesboro, North Carolina · Wilkes County · map
Wilkes County is a public-use airport owned by Wilkes County, 4 miles northeast of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, 1,303 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 6,201 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 38 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 10,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 8 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KUKF · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 18 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.15 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 KUKF 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 18/10 A3015 RMK AO2
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 UKF · ICAO KUKF
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wilkes County
- Elevation
- 1,303 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, dawn to dusk
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1990
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 6,201 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 9 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 62 ft high 632 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 | |
| Ukf and aWOS-3 | 126.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 336-696-3788.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,100, 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 North Wilkesboro from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops. 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 North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 01; runway end identifier lights 19; PAPI runway 01 and 19; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Airport unatndd thanksgiving and christmas.
- 10 feet brush 50 feet from threshold offset 436 feet R of centerline.
- 33 feet trees 89 feet from threshold offset 285 feet L of centerline.
- Runway 01 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
- There is an unlighted water tank in the approach of runway 01.
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.