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KUKF Wilkes County Airport
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: UKF
Lat/Long: 36-13-22.2300N / 081-05-54.0200W
36-13.370500N / 081-05.900333W
36.2228417 / -81.0983389
(estimated)
Elevation: 1301 ft. / 396.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 06W (1990)
From city: 4 miles NE of NORTH WILKESBORO, NC
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 28659

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 06/1990
Sectional chart: CINCINNATI
Control tower: no
ARTCC: ATLANTA CENTER
FSS: RALEIGH FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: UKF (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: DAWN-DUSK
ARPT UNATTENDED THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS.
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
MIRL RY 01/19 PRESET LOW INTST; TO INCR INTST & ACTVT MALSR RY 01, PAPI RY 01 & PAPI RY 19, REIL 19 AND TWY LGTS - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX AWOS-3: 126.625 (336-696-3788)
WX AWOS-3 at GEV (20 nm NW): 120.675 (336-982-5555)
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY ATLANTA ARTCC ON FREQS 125.15/263.0 (HICKORY RCAG).

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BZMr024/22.3BARRETTS MOUNTAIN VOR/DME110.8006W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
WILKI006/6.620906WUKF ..- -.- ..-.
ZEPHYR258/18.932605WZEF --.. . ..-.
MOUNT AIRY258/28.622307WAZW .- --.. .--
HILLSVILLE208/35.026906WHLX .... .-.. -..-
DAVIE307/36.335406WDVZ -.. ...- --..
MOUNTAIN CITY112/37.039604WJJO .--- .--- ---

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A JET-A1+
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 6200 x 100 ft. / 1890 x 30 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 45.0
Double wheel: 60.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 36-12.905333N36-13.926833N
Longitude: 081-05.901667W081-05.931333W
Elevation: 1248.8 ft.1304.6 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 005 magnetic, 359 true185 magnetic, 179 true
Markings: precision, in good conditionprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Approach lights: MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: ILS/DME
Obstructions: 45 ft. trees, 200 ft. from runway, 450 ft. right of centerline
+45 FT TREE 0-200 FT FM THLD 450 RIGHT.
20 ft. hill, 200 ft. from runway, 490 ft. right of centerline
+20 FT TERRAIN 0-200 FT FM THLD 490 RIGHT.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: WILKES COUNTY
110 NORTH STREET
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC 28697
Phone 336-651-7345
Manager: BOB ALEXANDER
640 WOOD WALLACE
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC 28697
Phone 336-696-2000

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 33
Single engine airplanes: 17
Multi engine airplanes: 10
Jet airplanes: 6
    
Aircraft operations: avg 63/day *
65% local general aviation
22% transient general aviation
9% air taxi
4% military
* for 12-month period ending 10 September 2002

Additional Remarks

DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
ARPT PHONE NUMBER 910-696-2000.
PAEW ADJ TO RY 01/19 0500-1700.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
ILS RWY 01   download (294KB)
GPS RWY 01   download (209KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (33KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KZEF - Elkin Municipal Airport (15 nm E)
KGEV - Ashe County Airport (20 nm NW)
KSVH - Statesville Regional Airport (28 nm S)
KMWK - Mount Airy/Surry County Airport (30 nm NE)
KHKY - Hickory Regional Airport (32 nm SW)
 
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Aerial photo of KUKF (Wilkes County Airport)
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As seen circa 2006

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From to KUKF

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:5909:59
Sunrise06:2810:28
Sunset20:3400:34
Evening civil twilight21:0301:03

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Jul-2008 03:02:34
Local (UTC-4)  25-Jul-2008 23:02:34
 
METAR
KUKF 260241Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC080 23/18 A3015 RMK AO1
KGEV 
20nm NW 
260243Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC060 19/16 A3022 RMK AO2
TAF
KHKY 
32nm SW 
252320Z 260024 VRB03KT P6SM SCT100 BKN150 FM1400 20004KT P6SM BKN080 FM1800 22005KT P6SM VCSH BKN060CB
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Wilkes County Airport 336-696-2000
[email]
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SUPER 8 MOTEL - JONESVILLE/ELKIN AREA 16.0 63-64
 

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