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📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
66.7%
DEP / DAY
1
63.6%

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 4,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
70°F
Wind
5 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMVE 131255Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 21/19 A2993 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE

Runway intelligence

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

32
37% of ops
55 land · 8 TO
03
21% of ops
32 land · 11 TO
21
21% of ops
32 land · 6 TO
14
20% of ops
30 land · 44 TO
Runway 32 carries 37% of operations (55 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 03 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

32 55 landings
UA 11%
03 32 landings
UA 25%
21 32 landings
UA 0%
14 30 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 32 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 55 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 · 97 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–1pm local, averaging 3.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.8 vs 3.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 86 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
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