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KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
0
100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
100.0%

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.

Current weather

From KGDB, 17 mi away (KMVE does not publish METAR)

56m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
9 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KGDB 271715Z AUTO 30009G14KT 10SM CLR 29/21 A2983 RMK AO2 T02930208

Runway intelligence

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

21
46% of ops
81 land · 13 TO
32
22% of ops
39 land · 3 TO
14
19% of ops
33 land · 34 TO
03
13% of ops
22 land · 0 TO
Runway 21 carries 46% of operations (81 landings, 13 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

21 81 landings
UA 0%
32 39 landings
UA 15%
14 33 landings
UA 3%
03 22 landings
UA 18%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 81 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
2.9
flights/day · 87 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–4pm local, averaging 2.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.1 vs 3.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (17% of 76 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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