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📍 Montevideo⬆ 1,034 ft2 runways
KMVE · MVE

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport

44.96910°N
-95.71030°W
ARR / DAY
1
0.0%
DEP / DAY
1
600.0%

Montevideo Chippewa County Airport (KMVE/MVE) is a small general aviation airport located in Montevideo, MN, 111 mi north east of Sioux Falls. It features 2 runways with the longest being 3,999 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12m ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
5 kts
110°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMVE 051215Z AUTO 11005KT 10SM OVC005 18/18 A3000 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S

Runway intelligence

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

21
44% of ops
12 land · 1 TO
32
37% of ops
10 land · 0 TO
03
19% of ops
5 land · 0 TO
14
0% of ops
0 land · 1 TO
Runway 21 carries 44% of operations (12 landings, 1 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 32 at 37%.

Approach quality

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

21 12 landings
UA 8%
32 10 landings
UA 0%
03 5 landings
UA 0%
14 0 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 21 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 12 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
1.1
flights/day · 32 total
Busy hour (local)
12pm
also 3pm · 7pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12pm–7pm local, averaging 1.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.3× weekday (0.4 vs 1.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (9% of 32 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
UNICOM 122.800
AWOS 119.675
DARWIN R 125.500
OTHER 125.500
DARWIN R 323.100
OTHER 323.100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZMP
Elevation:
1,034 ft
Mag var:
2° E
Fuel:
100LL
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