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KMGJ · MGJ

Orange County Airport

41.51000°N
-74.26460°W
ARR / DAY
16
14.8%
DEP / DAY
21
22.9%

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 16 arrivals and 21 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

48m ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMGJ 261254Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/16 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01890156

Runway intelligence

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

04
41% of ops
261 land · 102 TO
22
28% of ops
177 land · 271 TO
4
13% of ops
79 land · 31 TO
08
8% of ops
51 land · 2 TO
26
7% of ops
42 land · 35 TO
8
3% of ops
19 land · 0 TO
Runway 04 carries 41% of operations (261 landings, 102 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

04 261 landings
UA 3%
22 177 landings
UA 3%
4 79 landings
UA 5%
08 51 landings
UA 8%
26 42 landings
UA 10%
8 19 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 04 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (7 UA events from 261 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
34.0
flights/day · 1,020 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 4pm · 2pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 34.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (32.4 vs 36.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 873 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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