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KMRN · MRN
Foothills Regional Airport
35.82020°N
-81.61140°W
ARR / DAY
3
▼
10.0%
DEP / DAY
3
▼
31.3%
Foothills Regional Airport (KMRN/MRN) is a small general aviation airport located in Morganton, NC, 60 mi north west of Charlotte. It features 1 runway measuring 5,500 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 3 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.
Safety incidents
Last 7 days · 0 total
Current weather
Latest METAR observation
Temp
48°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
Runways
1 installed
03/21
5,500 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED
Runway intelligence
Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days
03
80% of ops
93 land · 13 TO
21
20% of ops
23 land · 53 TO
Runway 03 carries 80% of operations (93 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 20%.
Approach quality
Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates
03
93 landings
UA 1%
21
23 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 03 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 93 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
8.2
flights/day · 245 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Communications Frequencies
2026-06-11| Type | Freq (MHz) | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CTAF | 122.700 | — |
| UNICOM | 122.700 | — |
| AWOS | 124.175 | — |
| HICKORY | 125.150 | — |
| OTHER | 125.150 | — |
| HICKORY | 263.000 | — |
| OTHER | 263.000 | — |
Airport operations
- ARTCC:
- ZTL
- Mag var:
- 7° W
- Fuel:
- 100LL, A1+
Hourly traffic
Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days
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