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📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
28.6%
DEP / DAY
1
60.0%

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 3,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runway intelligence

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

21
38% of ops
51 land · 7 TO
32
31% of ops
42 land · 22 TO
03
17% of ops
23 land · 18 TO
14
15% of ops
20 land · 14 TO
Runway 21 carries 38% of operations (51 landings, 7 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 31%.

Approach quality

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

21 51 landings
UA 0%
32 42 landings
UA 10%
03 23 landings
UA 22%
14 20 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 21 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 51 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
3.3
flights/day · 99 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 5pm · 2pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–4pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 2.6× weekday (6.1 vs 2.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 91 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

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:44 UTC