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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
4
16.0%
DEP / DAY
6
7.1%

Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB/MXE) is a small general aviation airport located in Maxton, NC, 33 mi south west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
SPECI KMEB 270947Z AUTO 00000KT 4SM BR CLR 21/21 A3000 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

23
36% of ops
40 land · 1 TO
13
25% of ops
27 land · 9 TO
31
22% of ops
24 land · 21 TO
05
17% of ops
19 land · 17 TO
Runway 23 carries 36% of operations (40 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

23 40 landings
UA 2%
13 27 landings
UA 4%
31 24 landings
UA 8%
05 19 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 40 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
6.4
flights/day · 191 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 6.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.6 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 181 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 134.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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