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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
6
▼ 20.4%
DEP / DAY
9
▼ 12.0%

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 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers account for about 11% of observed flights, with FedEx, UPS and others operating alongside passenger service.

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

20h ago
Temp
61°F
Wind
12 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMQI 241055Z AUTO 07012G18KT 10SM CLR 16/11 A3037 RMK AO2 T01600110

Runways

2 installed

4,300 FT MAX
05/23
4,300 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

17
44% of ops
99 land · 2 TO
23
40% of ops
90 land · 3 TO
35
12% of ops
26 land · 50 TO
05
4% of ops
9 land · 67 TO
Runway 17 carries 44% of operations (99 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

17 99 landings
UA 6%
23 90 landings
UA 2%
35 26 landings
UA 23%
05 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 17 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 99 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
18.1
flights/day · 544 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 18.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (9.6 vs 22.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

84 · 21%
51 · 13%
48 · 12%
26 · 6%
23 · 6%
19 · 5%
Activity is led by (21% of 401 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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