Tunica Municipal
UTA · KUTA · Tunica, Mississippi · Tunica County · map
Tunica Municipal is a public-use airport owned by Tunica County Airport Commission, 1 mile east of Tunica, Mississippi, 194 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 24 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,943 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Tunica Municipal?
Its FAA code is UTA, and its ICAO code is KUTA.
Where is Tunica Municipal?
It is 1 mile east of Tunica, Mississippi, 194 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Tunica Municipal?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does Tunica Municipal have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Tunica Municipal?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Tunica Municipal?
6 pilot examiners and 8 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Tunica Municipal…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UTA · ICAO KUTA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Tunica County Airport Commission
- Elevation
- 194 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Memphis sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 0E
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1981
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.1 | |
| Uta and aWOS-3 | 118.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 662-363-1652.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- crop spraying
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Thompson-Robbins Airport (17 nm west), Fletcher Field (25 nm south), Hutfly Airport (26 nm northwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Mississippi · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only; airport traffic pattern established on east side of runway and runway centerline extndd.
- Closed to schedule air carrier operations with more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled air carrier operations with more than 30 passenger seats.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 35; runway end identifier lights runway 17; high-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Aft hour fuel - amgr.
- Triple tandem = 510
- Runway 35 calm wind runway.
- Agricultural act in the vicinity of airport daylight.
- Geese in the vicinity of airport nov - feb.
- 24 hour prior permission required commercial flight ovr 30 passenger - amgr.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 16 |
| multi-engine | 6 |
| jets | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,943, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 35 |
| air taxi and commuter | 240 |
| general aviation, travelling | 4,620 |
| general aviation, local | 5,942 |
| military | 106 |
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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tunica from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Tunica, Mississippi: 5 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 business jets, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Mississippi.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 6 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 8 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center evaluators, 43 aircrew program designees, 1 training center examiner, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- David William Nicholls private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Memphis Municipal Airport · West Memphis, AR (28 nm) · (901) 335-4916 · [email protected]
- Morris William Ray private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · General DeWitt Spain Airport, M01, Downtown Aviation · Memphis, TN (28 nm) · (901) 270-5528 · [email protected]
- Brian James Flax private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Germantown, TN (30 nm) · (901) 412-7006 · [email protected]
- David Childress private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AIR VENTURE · Olive Branch, MS (33 nm) · (901) 262-3199 · [email protected]
- Karen Gardner private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Collierville, TN (41 nm) · (901) 218-6246 · [email protected]
- Peter Reddan private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millington - Memphis Airport KNQA · Millington, TN (47 nm) · (229) 834-1439 · [email protected]
All 71 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tunica 13 aircraft · 5 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 business jets
- Tunica Air INC 3 aircraft in town
- Four Guys Flying LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 5 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Mississippi 844 since 1982 · 89 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Mississippi 80 landing places
- Mississippi 2,600 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/UTA.json.
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 26, 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.