Olive Branch Airport satellite view
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KOLV · OLV

Olive Branch Airport

34.97870°N
-89.78690°W
ARR / DAY
62
▲ 32.3%
DEP / DAY
59
▲ 27.6%

Olive Branch Airport (KOLV/OLV) is a small general aviation airport located in Olive Branch, MS, 19 mi south east of Memphis. It features 1 runway measuring 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 62 arrivals and 59 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
41°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KOLV 101035Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 05/05 A3014 RMK A01

Runways

1 installed

6,000 FT MAX
18/36
6,000 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH

Runway intelligence

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

18
58% of ops
1,110 land · 1,072 TO
36
42% of ops
803 land · 701 TO
Runway 18 carries 58% of operations (1,110 landings, 1,072 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 36 at 42%.

Approach quality

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

18 1,110 landings
UA 6%
36 803 landings
UA 2%
Approaches to 18 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (62 UA events from 1,110 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
89.8
flights/day · 2,694 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 9pm · 4pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 4pm–7pm local, averaging 89.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (71.0 vs 101.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (55% of 2,062 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 125.275 —
TWR 125.275 0700-2100
GND 121.200 0700-2100
ATIS 119.925 0700-2100
APCH 120.075 —
APCH 125.800 —
APCH 338.300 —
DEP 124.150 —
DEP 385.450 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 119.925 —
OTHER 121.200 0700-2100
CD/P 121.200 0700-2100
OTHER 121.300 —
CD/P 121.300 —
LCL/P 125.275 0700-2100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZME
Mag var:
1° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 327 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
AlanM70
3/8/2024
Nice place
I stopped in to pick up a LIFELINE Medical passenger and flew her to KOMA (Omaha).
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