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📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
9
20.0%
DEP / DAY
11
47.1%

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 9 arrivals and 11 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

6h ago
Temp
66°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBCB 280615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT120 19/18 A3011 RMK AO2 T01860182

Runway intelligence

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

31
75% of ops
235 land · 237 TO
13
22% of ops
70 land · 13 TO
08
2% of ops
7 land · 10 TO
26
0% of ops
0 land · 3 TO
Runway 31 carries 75% of operations (235 landings, 237 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

31 235 landings
UA 8%
13 70 landings
UA 11%
08 7 landings
UA 0%
26 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (19 UA events from 235 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
14.8
flights/day · 445 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 7pm · 6pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–6pm local, averaging 14.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (13.4 vs 16.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (14% of 331 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 13:03 UTC