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📍 Burlington/Mount Vernon⬆ 144 ft2 runways
KBVS · MVW

Skagit Regional Airport

48.47090°N
-122.42100°W
ARR / DAY
13
▼ 59.8%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 56.6%

Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS/MVW) is a small general aviation airport located in Burlington/Mount Vernon, WA, 36 mi north of Everett. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,480 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
—
—
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBVS 240615Z AUTO 10SM CLR 14/14 RMK A01

Runways

2 installed

5,480 FT MAX
04/22
3,000 ft × 60
ASP● LITLOW
11/29
5,480 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

29
60% of ops
1,601 land · 1,797 TO
11
27% of ops
718 land · 386 TO
22
7% of ops
191 land · 400 TO
04
6% of ops
159 land · 12 TO
Runway 29 carries 60% of operations (1,601 landings, 1,797 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

29 1,601 landings
UA 11%
11 718 landings
UA 11%
22 191 landings
UA 6%
04 159 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 29 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (180 UA events from 1,601 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
43.9
flights/day · 1,316 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–9pm local, averaging 43.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (45.8 vs 45.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

349 · 38%
91 · 10%
73 · 8%
42 · 5%
40 · 4%
40 · 4%
Activity is led by (38% of 917 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 120.700 —
APCH 270.800 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 121.125 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZSE
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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stingraydoctor
10/03/2011
Excellent airport
Corporate air is just great. Fueling is fast and the courtesy car is almost always there. I'll second the Kitty Hawk Cafe, good food and good view of the runway.
Pilot_1975
09/07/2011
My home base
Great out of the way overbuilt airport. Hardly ever used but first class home port.
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