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Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport

38.05810°N
-83.97960°W
ARR / DAY
1
79.4%
DEP / DAY
1
86.0%

Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport (KIOB) is a small general aviation airport located in Mount Sterling, KY, 26 mi east of Lexington-Fayette. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

22m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIOB 250955Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 17/17 A3012 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX
03/21
5,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

21
56% of ops
138 land · 75 TO
03
44% of ops
109 land · 106 TO
Runway 21 carries 56% of operations (138 landings, 75 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

21 138 landings
UA 4%
03 109 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 21 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 138 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
6.6
flights/day · 198 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 6.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (5.2 vs 7.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 170 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 120.150
APCH 259.300
AWOS 120.675
APT REMA 121.720
OTHER 121.720
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 10:17 UTC