Methow Valley State Airport satellite view

📍 Winthrop⬆ 1,706 ft1 runways

KS52 ·

Methow Valley State Airport

48.42490°N

-120.14600°W

ARR / DAY

▲ 125.0%

DEP / DAY

▲ 40.0%

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

18h ago

Temp

90°F

Wind

7 kts

150°

Visib

8047 m

Ceil

—

METAR KS52 270055Z AUTO 15007KT 5SM HZ SCT043 SCT070 OVC095 32/05 A2982 RMK AO2 T03210048

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

76% of ops

16 land · 2 TO

24% of ops

5 land · 26 TO

Runway 13 carries 76% of operations (16 landings, 2 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

13 16 landings

UA 0%

31 5 landings

UA 20%

Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 16 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

1.9

flights/day · 56 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 5pm · 4pm

Day vs night

71%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 1.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (2.2 vs 1.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 55 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

Custom date range