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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
9
▼ 34.4%
DEP / DAY
12
▼ 35.2%

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. SkyMeter has observed roughly 9 arrivals and 12 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 8% of observed flights.

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

12h ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
10 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMQI 281735Z AUTO 19010KT 10SM BKN031 BKN038 OVC050 28/23 A2976 RMK AO2 T02800230

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
41% of ops
347 land · 12 TO
17
40% of ops
339 land · 5 TO
35
13% of ops
112 land · 147 TO
05
5% of ops
42 land · 193 TO
Runway 23 carries 41% of operations (347 landings, 12 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

23 347 landings
UA 3%
17 339 landings
UA 15%
35 112 landings
UA 4%
05 42 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (11 UA events from 347 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
30.8
flights/day · 925 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 30.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (25.6 vs 34.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

211 · 30%
94 · 14%
61 · 9%
51 · 7%
42 · 6%
29 · 4%
Activity is led by (30% of 696 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
7/26/2017
beautiful location
absolutly must go in summer, its so beautiful :)
Komatoast
1/24/2009
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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