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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
1
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
87.5%

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 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

8m ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
4 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
SPECI KMEB 251412Z AUTO 02004KT 10SM BKN005 BKN049 OVC060 23/23 A3007 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S RAE10 CIG 003V008 P0000 T02330228

Runway intelligence

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

23
42% of ops
116 land · 33 TO
13
26% of ops
73 land · 23 TO
05
20% of ops
56 land · 55 TO
31
12% of ops
33 land · 25 TO
Runway 23 carries 42% of operations (116 landings, 33 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

23 116 landings
UA 3%
13 73 landings
UA 11%
05 56 landings
UA 0%
31 33 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (3 UA events from 116 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
5.7
flights/day · 170 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
81%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.1 vs 6.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 163 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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