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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

Dare County Regional Airport (KMQI/MEO) is a small general aviation airport located in Manteo, NC, 66 mi south of Virginia Beach. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,306 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
5 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMQI 270635Z AUTO 25005KT 10SM CLR 23/18 A2989 RMK AO2 P0001 T02250176

Runways

2 installed

4,306 FT MAX
05/23
4,306 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
17/35
3,303 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

23
42% of ops
500 land · 23 TO
17
39% of ops
458 land · 8 TO
35
13% of ops
159 land · 239 TO
05
6% of ops
66 land · 255 TO
Runway 23 carries 42% of operations (500 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

23 500 landings
UA 3%
17 458 landings
UA 12%
35 159 landings
UA 3%
05 66 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 500 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
25.8
flights/day · 773 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 5pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 25.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (25.6 vs 27.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

174 · 30%
83 · 14%
44 · 8%
37 · 6%
30 · 5%
25 · 4%
Activity is led by (30% of 577 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.725 —
APCH 350.350 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 128.275 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
sunji
07/26/2017
beautiful location
absolutly must go in summer, its so beautiful :)
Komatoast
01/24/2009
Accommodating airport for Outer Bank Visitors
Great rustic terminal... great ramp service. Crew car available to run onto town for a meal... Call ahead, busy during the summer months. Overnight free with fuel purchase.
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