Ukiah Municipal
UKI · KUKI · Ukiah, California · Mendocino County · map
Ukiah Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Ukiah, 1 mile south of Ukiah, California, 617 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 4,423 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KUKI · observed 11:56 am PDT (18:56 UTC), 60 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 45°F (7°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:30 am PDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 3:00 pm PDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 11 knots, gusting to 17, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm PDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KUKI 061856Z AUTO 31003KT 10SM CLR 30/07 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03000072
TAF KUKI 061730Z 0618/0718 VRB02KT P6SM SKC FM062200 30011G17KT P6SM SKC FM070100 VRB02KT 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 UKI · ICAO KUKI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Ukiah
- Elevation
- 617 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 7:30 pm; May, weekends, 9:30 am to 7:30 pm; June, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; June, weekends, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm; July to August, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 8:30 pm; July to August, weekends, 10:00 am to 8:30 pm; September, Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 8:00 pm; September, weekends, 9:30 am to 8:00 pm; October, every day, 8:00 am to 7:30 pm; November, every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; December to April, every day, 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,423 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 27 ft high 950 ft from the end
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 27 ft high 700 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Uki and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Ukiah and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 707-462-7343.
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 Ukiah from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Ukiah, California: 37 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 14 since 1982, 3 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
- Second rotating beacon on mtn 250 degrees magnetic and 2 miles from airport.
- Dusk to dawn
- <no jet aircraft departures between 10:00 pm to 7:00 am local.
- Activate PAPI runway 15; runway end identifier lights runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for all aircraft ovr 12500 pounds.
- SELF-SERVICE fuel available.
- <calm wind runway is 15 for noise abatement reasons.
- Noise abatement procedures: amgr requests no VFR STRAIGHT-IN approaches to runway 15/33, right turn after departure runway 33 to avoid overflight of town.
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.