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Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport

38.05810°N
-83.97960°W
ARR / DAY
3
28.0%
DEP / DAY
4
40.0%

Mount Sterling Montgomery County Airport (KIOB) is a small general aviation airport located in Mount Sterling, KY, 26 mi east of Lexington-Fayette. It features 1 runway measuring 5,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

58m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KIOB 011555Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 32/22 A3016 RMK AO2 PWINO

Runways

1 installed

5,000 FT MAX
03/21
5,000 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

03
60% of ops
53 land · 24 TO
21
40% of ops
36 land · 38 TO
Runway 03 carries 60% of operations (53 landings, 24 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 21 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

03 53 landings
UA 0%
21 36 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 03 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 53 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
7.4
flights/day · 223 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 6pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 7.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (8.0 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (53% of 194 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 120.150
APCH 259.300
AWOS 120.675
APT REMA 121.720
OTHER 121.720
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZID
Mag var:
6° 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 16:53 UTC