Huntsville Municipal
UTS · KUTS · Huntsville, Texas · Walker County · map
Huntsville Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Huntsville, 2 miles northwest of Huntsville, Texas, 363 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,005 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 59 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 39,613 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KUTS · observed 5:53 pm CDT (22:53 UTC), 37 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 86°F (30°C), dew point 54°F (12°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 6:20 pm CDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KUTS 062253Z AUTO 02006KT 10SM CLR 30/12 A2992 RMK AO1 SLP126 T03000122
TAF KUTS 062320Z 0700/0724 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM071500 02005KT P6SM FEW250
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 UTS · ICAO KUTS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Huntsville
- Elevation
- 363 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 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Houston sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6E
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,005 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 30 ft high 201 ft from the end
- Runway 36: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 45 ft high 1,135 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Uts and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.425 | |
| Lufkin A Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 936-291-7997.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 39,613, 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 Huntsville from the FAA register
63 aircraft are registered to owners in Huntsville, Texas: 53 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 2 business jets, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 7 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
- Dusk to dawn. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 preset low intst; to incr intst and activate runway end identifier lights runways 18 and 36 - the common traffic frequency.
- 32 feet trees 0-199 feet dstc, 165FT right.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.