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
11
8.5%
DEP / DAY
12
1.2%

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 11 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 070935Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM BKN050 OVC075 19/16 A3016 RMK AO2 T01900159

Runway intelligence

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

31
74% of ops
396 land · 384 TO
13
24% of ops
127 land · 25 TO
08
2% of ops
9 land · 27 TO
26
0% of ops
1 land · 4 TO
Runway 31 carries 74% of operations (396 landings, 384 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

31 396 landings
UA 10%
13 127 landings
UA 13%
08 9 landings
UA 0%
26 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (41 UA events from 396 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
17.8
flights/day · 534 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 17.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (24.2 vs 16.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 376 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 11:36 UTC