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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
10
▲ 51.1%
DEP / DAY
18
▲ 104.8%

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 10 arrivals and 18 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 6% 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

18h ago
Temp
73°F
Wind
10 kts
30°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KMQI 031635Z AUTO 03010G14KT 10SM CLR 23/10 A3024 RMK AO2 T02280099

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

23
45% of ops
67 land · 0 TO
17
44% of ops
65 land · 0 TO
35
8% of ops
12 land · 0 TO
05
3% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
Runway 23 carries 45% of operations (67 landings, 0 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 44%.

Approach quality

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

23 67 landings
UA 12%
17 65 landings
UA 9%
35 12 landings
UA 0%
05 5 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 23 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (8 UA events from 67 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
11.9
flights/day · 357 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
77%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 11.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (12.6 vs 12.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

58 · 20%
44 · 16%
27 · 10%
16 · 6%
15 · 5%
15 · 5%
Activity is led by (20% of 283 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
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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