Methow Valley State Airport satellite view

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KS52 ·

Methow Valley State Airport

48.42490°N

-120.14600°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 11.1%

DEP / DAY

▲ 23.1%

Methow Valley State Airport (KS52) is a small general aviation airport located in Winthrop, WA, 97 mi south east of Chilliwack. It features 1 runway measuring 5,049 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 1 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2d ago

Temp

75°F

Wind

6 kts

170°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KS52 302215Z AUTO 17006KT 10SM CLR 24/05 A2997 RMK AO2 T02410053

Runways

1 installed

5,049 FT MAX

13/31

5,049 ft × 75

ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

79% of ops

19 land · 2 TO

21% of ops

5 land · 29 TO

Runway 13 carries 79% of operations (19 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

13 19 landings

UA 0%

31 5 landings

UA 0%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 19 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

2.2

flights/day · 65 total

Busy hour (local)

5pm

also 3pm · 6pm

Day vs night

68%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 2.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (2.6 vs 2.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (30% of 64 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11

Type	Freq (MHz)	Hours
CTAF	122.800	—
UNICOM	122.800	—
AWOS	118.425	—

Airport operations

ARTCC:: ZSE
Elevation:: 1,706 ft
Mag var:: 20° E
Fuel:: 100LL

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