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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
11
▼ 46.5%
DEP / DAY
14
▼ 52.2%

Dare County Regional Airport (KMQI/MEO) is a small general aviation airport located in Manteo, NC, 66 mi south of Virginia Beach. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,306 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 11 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 5% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15m ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
11 kts
190°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMQI 271535Z AUTO 19011KT 10SM SCT011 SCT085 26/23 A3004 RMK AO2 T02610227

Runways

2 installed

4,306 FT MAX
05/23
4,306 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
17/35
3,303 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

17
46% of ops
211 land · 3 TO
23
40% of ops
184 land · 2 TO
35
10% of ops
47 land · 76 TO
05
4% of ops
19 land · 96 TO
Runway 17 carries 46% of operations (211 landings, 3 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

17 211 landings
UA 11%
23 184 landings
UA 4%
35 47 landings
UA 0%
05 19 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (23 UA events from 211 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
30.4
flights/day · 912 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 5pm
Day vs night
80%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 30.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (25.4 vs 33.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

171 · 25%
136 · 20%
53 · 8%
50 · 7%
46 · 7%
31 · 5%
Activity is led by (25% of 675 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.725 —
APCH 350.350 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 128.275 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° 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

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

2
sunji
07/26/2017
beautiful location
absolutly must go in summer, its so beautiful :)
Komatoast
01/24/2009
Accommodating airport for Outer Bank Visitors
Great rustic terminal... great ramp service. Crew car available to run onto town for a meal... Call ahead, busy during the summer months. Overnight free with fuel purchase.
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