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KUKF · IKB

Wilkes County Airport

36.22280°N
-81.09830°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

Wilkes County Airport (KUKF/IKB) is a small general aviation airport located in North Wilkesboro, NC, 48 mi west of Winston-Salem. It features 1 runway measuring 6,201 feet.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KUKF 270235Z AUTO 10SM CLR 22/22 A2999 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

6,201 FT MAX
01/19
6,201 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

01
85% of ops
264 land · 26 TO
19
15% of ops
48 land · 71 TO
Runway 01 carries 85% of operations (264 landings, 26 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 15%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

01 264 landings
UA 0%
19 48 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 264 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 1pm · 3pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (6.5 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (16% of 128 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 126.625
WILKESBO 122.400
OTHER 122.400
HICKORY 125.150
OTHER 125.150
HICKORY 263.000
OTHER 263.000
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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