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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
3
0.0%
DEP / DAY
5
22.6%

Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB/MXE) is a small general aviation airport located in Maxton, NC, 33 mi south west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,503 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19m ago
Temp
90°F
Wind
6 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEB 232152Z AUTO 25006KT 10SM CLR 32/18 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP129 T03220178

Runway intelligence

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

23
36% of ops
35 land · 1 TO
13
24% of ops
24 land · 7 TO
31
23% of ops
23 land · 21 TO
05
16% of ops
16 land · 15 TO
Runway 23 carries 36% of operations (35 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

23 35 landings
UA 6%
13 24 landings
UA 4%
31 23 landings
UA 9%
05 16 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 35 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
5.7
flights/day · 171 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (3.1 vs 7.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (38% of 164 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 134.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

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 22:11 UTC