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📍 Montgomery⬆ 364 ft2 runways
KMGJ · MGJ

Orange County Airport

41.51000°N
-74.26460°W
ARR / DAY
16
▼ 20.7%
DEP / DAY
18
▼ 38.1%

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 16 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
8 kts
320°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMGJ 150054Z AUTO 32008KT 10SM CLR 19/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP142 T01940133 $

Runway intelligence

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

04
61% of ops
339 land · 156 TO
22
19% of ops
107 land · 152 TO
08
13% of ops
72 land · 7 TO
26
8% of ops
42 land · 55 TO
Runway 04 carries 61% of operations (339 landings, 156 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 19%.

Approach quality

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

04 339 landings
UA 3%
22 107 landings
UA 7%
08 72 landings
UA 1%
26 42 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 04 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 339 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
34.2
flights/day · 1,027 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 7pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 34.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (29.0 vs 37.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 843 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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