Newport State Airport
UUU · KUUU · Newport, Rhode Island · Newport County · map
Newport State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Rhode Island, 2 miles northeast of Newport, Rhode Island, 172 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 2,999 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA UUU · ICAO KUUU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Rhode Island
- Elevation
- 172 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, Sunday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm; October to April, Sunday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,999 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 16/34 | 2,623 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 75 ft high 1,250 ft from the end
- Runway 22: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 38 ft high 750 ft from the end
- Runway 16: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 37 ft high 525 ft from the end
- Runway 34: threshold displaced 250 ft, trees 37 ft high 900 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.25 | |
| Approach and departure | 128.7 | |
| Wipor and star | 123.675 | |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | |
| Uuu and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.075 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 401-846-5910.
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 Newport from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Newport, Rhode Island: 15 piston singles, 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 Rhode Island.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 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
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 22; PAPI runway 22, VASI runway 4 and 16; medium-intensity runway lights runway 04/22 and 16/34; taxiway a, B, C and ramp area - the common traffic frequency.
- Overnight parking fee. Landing fee commercial and non Rhode Island reg aircraft.
- Fuel available 24 hours by credit card.
- 10 feet trees, 160 feet from threshold, 120 feet R; 20 feet trees, 100 feet from threshold, 200 feet L.
- 10 feet fence/trees 50 feet from threshold, 220 feet L; 10 feet trees, 190 feet from threshold, 240 feet R.
- Tmpry dthr 499 feet.
- Out of service until further notice.
- 22:1 from tmpry dthr.
- 29:1 from dthr.
- Nmrs cracks full width and length.
- Prior permission required for jet aircraft.
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.