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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
6
5.1%
DEP / DAY
7
9.1%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

18h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEB 030452Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP168 T02560233 403610222 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
44% of ops
91 land · 2 TO
13
22% of ops
45 land · 13 TO
31
20% of ops
41 land · 46 TO
05
14% of ops
30 land · 47 TO
Runway 23 carries 44% of operations (91 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

23 91 landings
UA 4%
13 45 landings
UA 4%
31 41 landings
UA 0%
05 30 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 23 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 91 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
7.8
flights/day · 233 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 7.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (3.2 vs 9.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (31% of 219 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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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 23:48 UTC