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Mountain Empire Airport

36.89490°N
-81.34990°W
ARR / DAY
3
0.0%
DEP / DAY
3
0.0%

Mountain Empire Airport (KMKJ) is a small general aviation airport located in Marion/Wytheville, VA, 82 mi west of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 5,252 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
8047 m
Ceil
METAR KMKJ 160515Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM BR SCT004 16/15 A3043 RMK AO2 T01600147

Runways

1 installed

5,252 FT MAX
08/26
5,252 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

26
86% of ops
50 land · 1 TO
08
14% of ops
8 land · 13 TO
Runway 26 carries 86% of operations (50 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 14%.

Approach quality

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

26 50 landings
UA 0%
08 8 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 26 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 50 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
2.5
flights/day · 75 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–5pm local, averaging 2.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (1.2 vs 3.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (49% of 68 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.700
UNICOM 122.700
AWOS 123.875
TRI CITY 127.850
OTHER 127.850
TRI CITY 269.300
OTHER 269.300
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZTL
Mag var:
6° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+
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