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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
4
15.4%
DEP / DAY
7
23.7%

Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB/MXE) is a small general aviation airport located in Maxton, NC, 33 mi south west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h ago
Temp
88°F
Wind
5 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEB 252152Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM CLR 31/17 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP168 T03060172

Runway intelligence

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

23
35% of ops
39 land · 1 TO
13
25% of ops
28 land · 9 TO
31
23% of ops
25 land · 21 TO
05
17% of ops
19 land · 17 TO
Runway 23 carries 35% of operations (39 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

23 39 landings
UA 3%
13 28 landings
UA 4%
31 25 landings
UA 8%
05 19 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 23 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 39 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
6.5
flights/day · 195 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 6.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (3.6 vs 7.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (35% of 185 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 134.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 13:31 UTC