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
6.2%
DEP / DAY
11
1.4%

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

12m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 081335Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 20/16 A3038 RMK AO2 T01970161

Runway intelligence

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

31
74% of ops
384 land · 374 TO
13
24% of ops
125 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 (384 landings, 374 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

31 384 landings
UA 10%
13 125 landings
UA 11%
08 9 landings
UA 0%
26 1 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (39 UA events from 384 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
17.2
flights/day · 517 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 7pm · 3pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–9pm local, averaging 17.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (22.1 vs 16.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 365 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 13:47 UTC