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📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
4
58.5%
DEP / DAY
5
47.7%

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 4 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
5 kts
90°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 241635Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM OVC024 20/17 A3027 RMK AO2 T01970166

Runway intelligence

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

31
72% of ops
725 land · 724 TO
13
25% of ops
252 land · 81 TO
08
2% of ops
25 land · 17 TO
26
1% of ops
7 land · 1 TO
Runway 31 carries 72% of operations (725 landings, 724 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

31 725 landings
UA 8%
13 252 landings
UA 8%
08 25 landings
UA 0%
26 7 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (55 UA events from 725 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
14.5
flights/day · 434 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
72%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–5pm local, averaging 14.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (10.9 vs 16.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (21% of 337 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 16:40 UTC