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📍 Blacksburg⬆ 2,132 ft2 runways
KBCB · BCB

Virginia Tech Montgomery Executive Airport

37.20760°N
-80.40780°W
ARR / DAY
12
412.5%
DEP / DAY
13
333.3%

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 12 arrivals and 13 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16h ago
Temp
69°F
Wind
5 kts
330°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KBCB 031635Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM SCT044 SCT050 20/10 A3039 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SE T02040097

Runway intelligence

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

31
64% of ops
99 land · 101 TO
13
28% of ops
43 land · 25 TO
08
5% of ops
8 land · 2 TO
26
3% of ops
4 land · 0 TO
Runway 31 carries 64% of operations (99 landings, 101 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

31 99 landings
UA 27%
13 43 landings
UA 19%
08 8 landings
UA 0%
26 4 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 31 show a 27% unstable-approach rate (27 UA events from 99 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
6.3
flights/day · 190 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 12pm · 5pm
Day vs night
70%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (4.1 vs 7.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 170 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.050
APCH 133.225
APCH 339.800
UNICOM 123.050
AWOS 133.325
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 08:37 UTC