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📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
5
46.5%
DEP / DAY
6
51.3%

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB/BCB) is a small general aviation airport located in Blacksburg, VA, 26 mi west of Roanoke. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
9 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 092015Z AUTO 32009G18KT 10SM SCT027 BKN035 OVC110 25/21 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW T02450206

Runway intelligence

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

31
77% of ops
474 land · 479 TO
13
19% of ops
118 land · 34 TO
08
3% of ops
16 land · 26 TO
26
2% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
Runway 31 carries 77% of operations (474 landings, 479 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

31 474 landings
UA 13%
13 118 landings
UA 7%
08 16 landings
UA 0%
26 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (63 UA events from 474 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
14.1
flights/day · 424 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 3pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 14.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (14.8 vs 14.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 345 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 133.225
APCH 339.800
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 133.325
OTHER 124.850
CD/P 124.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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