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KMGJ · MGJ

Orange County Airport

41.51000°N
-74.26460°W
ARR / DAY
17
5.5%
DEP / DAY
27
30.8%

Orange County Airport (KMGJ/MGJ) is a small general aviation airport located in Montgomery, NY, 41 mi north of Paterson. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 17 arrivals and 27 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
3 kts
50°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMGJ 151654Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 24/14 A3021 RMK AO2 SLP227 T02440144

Runway intelligence

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

4
33% of ops
403 land · 231 TO
22
29% of ops
358 land · 471 TO
04
14% of ops
176 land · 87 TO
8
12% of ops
151 land · 3 TO
26
8% of ops
102 land · 98 TO
08
2% of ops
28 land · 2 TO
Runway 4 carries 33% of operations (403 landings, 231 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

4 403 landings
UA 3%
22 358 landings
UA 6%
04 176 landings
UA 2%
8 151 landings
UA 3%
26 102 landings
UA 6%
08 28 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 4 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (12 UA events from 403 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
38.9
flights/day · 1,168 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–6pm local, averaging 38.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (36.1 vs 41.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 992 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 132.750
APCH 363.100
UNICOM 122.725
ASOS 119.275
CD/P 123.850
OTHER 123.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
14° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
pico.pilot
10/7/2018
long, wide, well maintained runways
quiet GA field, lots of improvements underway; beautiful area
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