Skagit Regional Airport satellite view
📍 Burlington/Mount Vernon⬆ 144 ft2 runways
KBVS · MVW

Skagit Regional Airport

48.47090°N
-122.42100°W
ARR / DAY
27
4.1%
DEP / DAY
26
9.5%

Skagit Regional Airport (KBVS/MVW) is a small general aviation airport located in Burlington/Mount Vernon, WA, 36 mi north of Everett. It features 2 runways with the longest being 5,480 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 27 arrivals and 26 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

10h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KBVS 050415Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT038 SCT044 BKN055 14/11 A3001 RMK A01

Runway intelligence

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

29
65% of ops
1,323 land · 1,304 TO
11
27% of ops
549 land · 349 TO
22
4% of ops
80 land · 234 TO
04
4% of ops
73 land · 10 TO
Runway 29 carries 65% of operations (1,323 landings, 1,304 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

29 1,323 landings
UA 11%
11 549 landings
UA 7%
22 80 landings
UA 18%
04 73 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 29 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (140 UA events from 1,323 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
50.9
flights/day · 1,527 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 10pm · 8pm
Day vs night
38%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 8pm–9pm local, averaging 50.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.7× weekday (40.4 vs 57.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 1,072 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075
APCH 120.700
APCH 270.800
UNICOM 123.075
AWOS 121.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZSE
Mag var:
16° E
Fuel:
100LL

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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
stingraydoctor
10/03/2011
Excellent airport
Corporate air is just great. Fueling is fast and the courtesy car is almost always there. I'll second the Kitty Hawk Cafe, good food and good view of the runway.
Pilot_1975
09/07/2011
My home base
Great out of the way overbuilt airport. Hardly ever used but first class home port.
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