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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
4
13.6%
DEP / DAY
4
21.1%

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 4 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
3 kts
350°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEB 301952Z AUTO 35003KT 10SM SCT070 29/22 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP202 T02940217

Runway intelligence

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

23
41% of ops
40 land · 1 TO
31
22% of ops
21 land · 18 TO
13
21% of ops
20 land · 7 TO
05
16% of ops
16 land · 16 TO
Runway 23 carries 41% of operations (40 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

23 40 landings
UA 2%
31 21 landings
UA 0%
13 20 landings
UA 5%
05 16 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 23 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 40 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
5.6
flights/day · 169 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
78%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–3pm local, averaging 5.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.6× weekday (3.9 vs 6.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (36% of 159 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
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