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

Skagit Regional Airport

48.47090°N
-122.42100°W
ARR / DAY
9
▼ 71.0%
DEP / DAY
12
▼ 60.8%

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 9 arrivals and 12 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

7h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KBVS 251455Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC017 16/15 A2992 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
1,497 land · 1,690 TO
11
26% of ops
660 land · 347 TO
22
7% of ops
187 land · 379 TO
04
6% of ops
156 land · 12 TO
Runway 29 carries 60% of operations (1,497 landings, 1,690 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

29 1,497 landings
UA 11%
11 660 landings
UA 10%
22 187 landings
UA 6%
04 156 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 29 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (159 UA events from 1,497 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
41.1
flights/day · 1,234 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 8pm
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 7pm–8pm local, averaging 41.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (45.8 vs 41.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

319 · 37%
87 · 10%
69 · 8%
41 · 5%
40 · 5%
36 · 4%
Activity is led by (37% of 860 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
10/03/2011
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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