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📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
▼ 53.3%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 61.5%

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE/MVE) is a small general aviation airport located in Montevideo, MN, 111 mi north east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,000 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
48°F
Wind
9 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMVE 130755Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM SCT018 OVC035 09/07 A2987 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

21
41% of ops
15 land · 8 TO
32
24% of ops
9 land · 5 TO
03
19% of ops
7 land · 6 TO
14
16% of ops
6 land · 5 TO
Runway 21 carries 41% of operations (15 landings, 8 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

21 15 landings
UA 13%
32 9 landings
UA 0%
03 7 landings
UA 0%
14 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 15 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
2.2
flights/day · 66 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 12am · 7pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–7pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (2.5 vs 2.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 66 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 119.675 —
DARWIN R 125.500 —
OTHER 125.500 —
DARWIN R 323.100 —
OTHER 323.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,034 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL
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