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KS52 ·

Methow Valley State Airport

48.42490°N
-120.14600°W
ARR / DAY
1
▲ 40.0%
DEP / DAY
1
▲ 16.7%

Methow Valley State Airport (KS52) is a small general aviation airport located in Winthrop, WA, 97 mi south east of Chilliwack. It features 1 runway measuring 5,048 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

1h ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KS52 250855Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 00/M04 A3010 RMK AO2 T00051037

Runways

1 installed

5,048 FT MAX
13/31
5,048 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

13
72% of ops
23 land · 3 TO
31
28% of ops
9 land · 11 TO
Runway 13 carries 72% of operations (23 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

13 23 landings
UA 0%
31 9 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 23 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
1.9
flights/day · 56 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 7pm
Day vs night
52%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 3.8× weekday (4.1 vs 1.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (18% of 51 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 118.425 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZSE
Elevation:
1,706 ft
Mag var:
20° E
Fuel:
100LL
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