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📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
3
35.3%
DEP / DAY
2
25.0%

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 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1d ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
7 kts
170°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMVE 291715Z AUTO 17007KT 10SM CLR 30/22 A2998 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
39% of ops
59 land · 9 TO
32
28% of ops
42 land · 6 TO
14
19% of ops
29 land · 31 TO
03
13% of ops
20 land · 3 TO
Runway 21 carries 39% of operations (59 landings, 9 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

21 59 landings
UA 0%
32 42 landings
UA 7%
14 29 landings
UA 7%
03 20 landings
UA 25%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 59 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
4.1
flights/day · 124 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 4.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (4.1 vs 4.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (16% of 100 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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