# Wilkes County Airport (IKB / KUKF)

**Wilkes County Airport** (IATA: IKB, ICAO: KUKF) is a small airport in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jun 1990. It has one runway, 6,201 ft (1,890 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kukf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: IKB / KUKF
- FAA: UKF
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jun 1990
- Elevation: 1,303 ft / 397 m
- Coordinates: 36.2228, -81.0983
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,201 ft / 1,890 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://wilkescounty.net/airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10853596
- Weather station: KUKF
- Ident: KUKF

## Timeline

- Jun 1990: Wilkes County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 6,201 ft / 1,890 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 359° / 179° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,201 ft / 1,890 m | =4,335 of 29,858 | =1,145 in North America | =886 in US |
| Elevation | 1,303 ft / 397 m | #13,826 of 43,403 | #5,968 in North America | #4,612 in US |
| Age | Opened 1990 | =9,671 of 15,079 | =7,452 in North America | =7,341 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ATLANTA APP/DEP | 125.150 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 126.625 |
| FSS | RALEIGH RDO | 122.400 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.700 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kukf/data