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Methow Valley State Airport

48.42490°N
-120.14600°W
ARR / DAY
2
0.0%
DEP / DAY
2
17.6%

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

5h ago
Temp
59°F
Wind
4 kts
360°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KS52 030755Z AUTO 36004KT 10SM SCT055 SCT070 15/08 A2971 RMK AO2 T01500083

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
78% of ops
35 land · 6 TO
31
22% of ops
10 land · 44 TO
Runway 13 carries 78% of operations (35 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 31 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

13 35 landings
UA 0%
31 10 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 13 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 35 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
2.4
flights/day · 72 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–6pm local, averaging 2.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (2.4 vs 2.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 70 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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