University-Oxford Airport
UOX · KUOX · Oxford, Mississippi · Lafayette County · map
University-Oxford Airport is a public-use airport owned by the University of Mississippi, 2 miles northwest of Oxford, Mississippi, 452 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 5,600 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KUOX · observed 4:55 pm CDT (21:55 UTC), 12 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 KUOX 062155Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 30/13 A2997 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 UOX · ICAO KUOX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- University of Mississippi
- Elevation
- 452 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 1W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1957
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 5,600 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 27: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 40 ft high 800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Tupelo and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.5 | |
| Uox and aWOS-3PT | 132.725 | |
| Apt Remark 1 With Gco Freq | 135.075 | · Gco available on frequency 135.075 for memphis the air route traffic control center (zme). |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 662-234-9751.
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 Oxford from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in Oxford, Mississippi: 31 business jets, 20 piston singles, 6 turboprops, 3 piston twins. 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 Mississippi.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 4 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
- Prior to FAA act.
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 for memphis the air route traffic control center (zme).
- Medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 operators DUSK-2200. Aft 2200, activate runway end identifier lights 09 and 27; PAPI runway 09; medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 27 operates continuously.
- Pattern altitude: 800 feet above ground level light aircraft, 1200 feet above ground level HI spd aircraft.
- PAPI unusable beyond 6 degrees L of centerline.
- Airport surface conditions not mntd.
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.