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KS52 ·

Methow Valley State Airport

48.42490°N
-120.14600°W
ARR / DAY
2
1000.0%
DEP / DAY
2
225.0%

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 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KS52 241015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3013 RMK AO2 T00940075

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

13
79% of ops
19 land · 1 TO
31
21% of ops
5 land · 25 TO
Runway 13 carries 79% of operations (19 landings, 1 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 5%
31 5 landings
UA 20%
Approaches to 13 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (1 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
2.0
flights/day · 61 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 4pm
Day vs night
69%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 2.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (2.8 vs 1.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 59 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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