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Orange County Airport

41.51000°N
-74.26460°W
ARR / DAY
14
▼ 25.9%
DEP / DAY
20
▼ 29.9%

Orange County Airport (KMGJ/MGJ) is a small general aviation airport located in Montgomery, NY, 41 mi north of Paterson. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,006 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 14 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

5h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
7 kts
180°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMGJ 271554Z AUTO 18007KT 10SM BKN041 BKN050 22/18 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE SLP166 T02220183

Runways

2 installed

5,006 FT MAX
04/22
5,006 ft × 100
PEM● LITHIGH
08/26
3,664 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

04
43% of ops
267 land · 104 TO
22
28% of ops
173 land · 266 TO
4
11% of ops
70 land · 27 TO
08
8% of ops
51 land · 2 TO
26
6% of ops
40 land · 35 TO
8
3% of ops
17 land · 0 TO
Runway 04 carries 43% of operations (267 landings, 104 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 22 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

04 267 landings
UA 3%
22 173 landings
UA 3%
4 70 landings
UA 6%
08 51 landings
UA 8%
26 40 landings
UA 8%
8 17 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 04 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 267 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
33.7
flights/day · 1,010 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 33.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (32.4 vs 35.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

221 · 26%
212 · 25%
82 · 10%
47 · 5%
46 · 5%
33 · 4%
Activity is led by (26% of 862 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725 —
APCH 132.750 —
APCH 363.100 —
UNICOM 122.725 —
ASOS 119.275 —
CD/P 123.850 —
OTHER 123.850 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
14° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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
pico.pilot
10/07/2018
long, wide, well maintained runways
quiet GA field, lots of improvements underway; beautiful area
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