Airports / KBCB / Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive AirportIATA BCBGood ground coverage
Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport satellite view
📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
5
35.1%
DEP / DAY
6
38.1%

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport (KBCB/BCB) is a small general aviation airport located in Blacksburg, VA, 26 mi west of Roanoke. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,501 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 5 arrivals and 6 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From KROA, 25 mi away (KBCB does not publish METAR)

29m ago
Temp
78°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KROA 170254Z 00000KT 10SM SCT110 26/20 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N SLP155 T02560200 50010 $

Runway intelligence

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

31
73% of ops
363 land · 363 TO
13
23% of ops
114 land · 24 TO
08
3% of ops
17 land · 24 TO
26
1% of ops
4 land · 6 TO
Runway 31 carries 73% of operations (363 landings, 363 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

31 363 landings
UA 4%
13 114 landings
UA 6%
08 17 landings
UA 0%
26 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 363 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
13.7
flights/day · 411 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
71%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 13.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (13.5 vs 14.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 315 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 133.225
APCH 339.800
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 133.325
OTHER 124.850
CD/P 124.850
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A+

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 03:23 UTC