KUKF Wilkes County Airport
North Wilkesboro, NC · 4 miles NE of NORTH WILKESBORO, NC
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KUKF
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1303.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 36-13-24.9650N 081-05-54.9900W
- Lat / Long
- 36.2236014, -81.0986083
- Mag. variation
- 08W (2020)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 06/1990
- ARTCC
- ATLANTA CENTER
- FSS
- RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- UKF (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- DAWN-DUSK ARPT UNATNDD THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT MALSR RWY 01; REIL 19; PAPI RWY 01 & 19; MIRL RWY 01/19; TWY LGTS - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KUKF
Runways
Longest 6,201 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 6201 x 100 ft. / 1890 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in excellent condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 45.0
Runway 1
- Heading
- 007 magnetic, 359 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1247.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 9 ft. trees, 260 ft. from runway, 243 ft. right of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear
Runway 19
- Heading
- 187 magnetic, 179 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- RWY 01 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 8 DEGS RIGHT OF CNTRLN.
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1303.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 10 FT BRUSH 50 FT FM THR OFFSET 436 FT R OF CNTRLN.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.7
- Wx Awos-3
- 126.625 (336-696-3788)
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A1+ 100LL:FUELING DRG RGLR FBO BUS HRS, PLUS 24 HRS CALL-OUT SVC (WITH PRIOR ARNGMT AND/OR A CALLOUT FEE); CALL FBO FOR DETAILS.
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Owner
- WILKES COUNTY 110 NORTH STREET WILKESBORO, NC 28697 Phone 336-651-7345
- Manager phone
- 336-696-2000
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.