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KMQI · MEO

Dare County Regional Airport

35.91900°N
-75.69550°W
ARR / DAY
20
▲ 40.0%
DEP / DAY
28
▲ 52.3%

Dare County Regional Airport (KMQI/MEO) is a small general aviation airport located in Manteo, NC, 66 mi south of Virginia Beach. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,300 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 20 arrivals and 28 departures per day on average over the last 7 days. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 4% of observed flights.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
91°F
Wind
5 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KMQI 172155Z AUTO 30005KT 10SM CLR 33/24 A2986 RMK AO2 T03250239

Runways

2 installed

4,300 FT MAX
05/23
4,300 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED
17/35
3,303 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

17
46% of ops
253 land · 6 TO
23
39% of ops
217 land · 2 TO
35
11% of ops
60 land · 81 TO
05
4% of ops
21 land · 122 TO
Runway 17 carries 46% of operations (253 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 23 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

17 253 landings
UA 13%
23 217 landings
UA 3%
35 60 landings
UA 3%
05 21 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 17 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 253 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
27.9
flights/day · 838 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 1pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–2pm local, averaging 27.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (24.9 vs 30.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

175 · 28%
115 · 18%
52 · 8%
49 · 8%
43 · 7%
25 · 4%
Activity is led by (28% of 632 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 124.725 —
APCH 350.350 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 128.275 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
9° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

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sunji
7/26/2017
beautiful location
absolutly must go in summer, its so beautiful :)
Komatoast
1/24/2009
Accommodating airport for Outer Bank Visitors
Great rustic terminal... great ramp service. Crew car available to run onto town for a meal... Call ahead, busy during the summer months. Overnight free with fuel purchase.
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