Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport satellite view
📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
10
▼ 37.1%
DEP / DAY
11
▼ 48.6%

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 10 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
55°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBCB 130435Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/12 A3015 RMK AO2 T01250124

Runway intelligence

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

31
66% of ops
304 land · 303 TO
13
29% of ops
133 land · 51 TO
08
3% of ops
15 land · 30 TO
26
2% of ops
10 land · 5 TO
Runway 31 carries 66% of operations (304 landings, 303 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

31 304 landings
UA 5%
13 133 landings
UA 7%
08 15 landings
UA 0%
26 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (16 UA events from 304 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
24.4
flights/day · 733 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 24.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (25.1 vs 25.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (13% of 479 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

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 22:08 UTC