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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
3
14.8%
DEP / DAY
4
12.9%

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 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
160°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KMEB 062352Z AUTO 16006KT 10SM CLR 26/23 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 60026 T02610233 10344 20239 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
36% of ops
49 land · 5 TO
13
29% of ops
39 land · 23 TO
05
24% of ops
33 land · 38 TO
31
11% of ops
15 land · 14 TO
Runway 23 carries 36% of operations (49 landings, 5 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 29%.

Approach quality

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

23 49 landings
UA 2%
13 39 landings
UA 10%
05 33 landings
UA 3%
31 15 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 49 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
8.0
flights/day · 239 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 3pm · 4pm
Day vs night
82%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 8.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.5× weekday (4.6 vs 9.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 212 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 19:05 UTC