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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 88.9%
DEP / DAY
14
▲ 131.0%

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 6,489 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 10 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
3 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMEB 132252Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP170 T02280178

Runway intelligence

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

23
33% of ops
89 land · 25 TO
13
25% of ops
68 land · 42 TO
31
23% of ops
61 land · 29 TO
05
20% of ops
53 land · 67 TO
Runway 23 carries 33% of operations (89 landings, 25 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 89 landings
UA 7%
13 68 landings
UA 10%
31 61 landings
UA 2%
05 53 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 23 show a 7% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 89 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
16.0
flights/day · 481 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 1pm
Day vs night
87%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 16.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (9.5 vs 19.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (56% of 443 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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