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Skagit Regional Airport satellite view
📍 Burlington/Mount Vernon⬆ 144 ft2 runways
KBVS · MVW

Skagit Regional Airport

48.47090°N
-122.42100°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 17.5%
DEP / DAY
17
▼ 6.2%

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 5,477 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 15 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Current weather

From KNUW, 14 mi away (KBVS does not publish METAR)

53m ago
Temp
56°F
Wind
9 kts
100°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KNUW 141453Z 10009KT 10SM BKN038 OVC050 13/09 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP255 T01330094 53012 $

Runway intelligence

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

29
54% of ops
374 land · 424 TO
11
31% of ops
217 land · 121 TO
22
8% of ops
53 land · 66 TO
04
7% of ops
50 land · 7 TO
Runway 29 carries 54% of operations (374 landings, 424 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

29 374 landings
UA 8%
11 217 landings
UA 9%GA 0.5%
22 53 landings
UA 0%
04 50 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 29 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (30 UA events from 374 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
37.7
flights/day · 1,132 total
Busy hour (local)
10pm
also 9pm · 12am
Day vs night
35%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–10pm local, averaging 37.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (34.2 vs 40.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 815 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)

2
stingraydoctor
10/3/2011
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
9/7/2011
My home base
Great out of the way overbuilt airport. Hardly ever used but first class home port.
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