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Montevideo Chippewa County Airport satellite view
📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
63.6%
DEP / DAY
1
60.0%

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

Current weather

From KRWF, 42 mi away (KMVE does not publish METAR)

38m ago
Temp
80°F
Wind
8 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KRWF 151853Z AUTO 23008KT 10SM SCT021 27/22 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP156 T02670222 $

Runway intelligence

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

32
34% of ops
42 land · 7 TO
14
22% of ops
28 land · 34 TO
21
22% of ops
28 land · 2 TO
03
22% of ops
27 land · 10 TO
Runway 32 carries 34% of operations (42 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 14 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

32 42 landings
UA 5%
14 28 landings
UA 14%
21 28 landings
UA 0%
03 27 landings
UA 26%
Approaches to 32 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 42 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
3.1
flights/day · 93 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
73%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–7pm local, averaging 3.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.8 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 81 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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