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Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport

38.05810°N
-83.97960°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 59.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▼ 47.7%

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 5,002 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3h ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KIOB 171855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT033 SCT039 SCT048 11/03 A3046 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

1 installed

5,002 FT MAX
03/21
5,002 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

21
65% of ops
73 land · 60 TO
03
35% of ops
40 land · 45 TO
Runway 21 carries 65% of operations (73 landings, 60 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 35%.

Approach quality

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

21 73 landings
UA 5%
03 40 landings
UA 8%
Approaches to 21 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 73 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
7.9
flights/day · 236 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 7.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (6.8 vs 8.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (41% of 193 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 22:03 UTC