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📍 Moneta⬆ 892 ft1 runways

KW91 ·

Smith Mountain Lake Airport

37.10770°N

-79.59250°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Smith Mountain Lake Airport (KW91) is a small general aviation airport located in Moneta, VA, 22 mi south east of Roanoke. It features 1 runway measuring 3,058 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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Runways

1 installed

3,058 FT MAX

05/23

3,058 ft × 50

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

56% of ops

297 land · 35 TO

44% of ops

236 land · 462 TO

Runway 05 carries 56% of operations (297 landings, 35 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

05 297 landings

UA 2%

23 236 landings

UA 2%

Approaches to 05 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 297 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

6.8

flights/day · 205 total

Busy hour (local)

1pm

also 4pm · 3pm

Day vs night

76%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 6.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (8.2 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (65% of 197 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.975	—
APCH	135.000	—
APCH	254.325	—
UNICOM	122.975	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZDC
Mag var:: 9° W
Fuel:: 100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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