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📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
7
7.1%
DEP / DAY
9
15.8%

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 7 arrivals and 9 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

just now
Temp
72°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 270215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT065 SCT080 22/19 A3013 RMK AO2 T02200188

Runway intelligence

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

31
77% of ops
232 land · 229 TO
13
21% of ops
63 land · 13 TO
08
2% of ops
7 land · 9 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 31 carries 77% of operations (232 landings, 229 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

31 232 landings
UA 8%
13 63 landings
UA 13%
08 7 landings
UA 0%
26 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 232 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
14.5
flights/day · 434 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 14.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (13.4 vs 15.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 326 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

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 02:15 UTC