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KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
75.0%
DEP / DAY
0
62.5%

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE/MVE) is a small general aviation airport located in Montevideo, MN, 111 mi north east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 0 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4m ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMVE 111155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT100 21/20 A3005 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

32
33% of ops
51 land · 32 TO
21
33% of ops
51 land · 7 TO
14
17% of ops
27 land · 15 TO
03
17% of ops
27 land · 19 TO
Runway 32 carries 33% of operations (51 landings, 32 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

32 51 landings
UA 10%
21 51 landings
UA 0%
14 27 landings
UA 19%
03 27 landings
UA 19%
Approaches to 32 show a 10% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 51 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
3.2
flights/day · 96 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.7× weekday (6.1 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (19% of 89 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.675
DARWIN R 125.500
OTHER 125.500
DARWIN R 323.100
OTHER 323.100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,034 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 11:59 UTC