Wilkes County Airport

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Wilkes County Airport
IATA: IKB - ICAO: KUKF - FAA: UKF
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Wilkes County
Serves		North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		1,301 ft (396.5 m)
Coordinates		36°13′22″N, 081°05′54″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
1/19	6,200	1,890	Asphalt

Wilkes County Airport (IATA: IKB, ICAO: KUKF, FAA LID: UKF) is a public airport located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district (CBD) of North Wilkesboro, a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA. This general aviation airport covers 237 acres (96 ha) and has one runway.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Wilkes County Airport is assigned UKF^[1] by the FAA and IKB^[2] by the IATA. The airport's ICAO identifier is KUKF.^[2][3]

[edit] References

1. ^ FAA Airport Master Record for UKF (Form 5010 PDF)
2. ^ ^{a b} Great Circle Mapper: IKB/KUKF - North Wilkesboro, North Carolina (Wilkes County Airport)
3. ^ AirNav: KUKF - Wilkes County Airport

[edit] External links

• Wilkes County Airport PDF (264 KiB) at North Carolina DOT
• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KUKF
  • ASN accident history for UKF
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KUKF