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📍 North Wilkesboro⬆ 1,301 ft1 runways
KUKF · IKB

Wilkes County Airport

36.22280°N
-81.09830°W
ARR / DAY
4
52.6%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KHKY, 37 mi away (KUKF does not publish METAR)

40m ago
Temp
85°F
Wind
6 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KHKY 281753Z VRB06KT 10SM SCT030 BKN080 29/22 A3006 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N AND NW SLP155 T02940222 10294 20217 58008

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
81% of ops
85 land · 7 TO
19
19% of ops
20 land · 28 TO
Runway 01 carries 81% of operations (85 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 19 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

01 85 landings
UA 0%
19 20 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 01 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 85 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
6.8
flights/day · 203 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 1pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.1 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 146 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:33 UTC