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KMEB · MXE

Laurinburg Maxton Airport

34.79190°N
-79.36580°W
ARR / DAY
3
18.8%
DEP / DAY
5
60.0%

Laurinburg Maxton Airport (KMEB/MXE) is a small general aviation airport located in Maxton, NC, 33 mi south west of Fayetteville. It features 2 runways with the longest being 6,489 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 5 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

4h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
4 kts
260°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KMEB 180952Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP118 T02390228 $

Runway intelligence

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

23
39% of ops
84 land · 4 TO
13
25% of ops
53 land · 33 TO
05
20% of ops
42 land · 13 TO
31
16% of ops
34 land · 33 TO
Runway 23 carries 39% of operations (84 landings, 4 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 13 at 25%.

Approach quality

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

23 84 landings
UA 5%
13 53 landings
UA 19%
05 42 landings
UA 10%
31 34 landings
UA 12%
Approaches to 23 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (4 UA events from 84 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
6.3
flights/day · 188 total
Busy hour (local)
1pm
also 2pm · 4pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1pm–4pm local, averaging 6.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.4× weekday (3.4 vs 7.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (37% of 182 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800
APCH 127.800
APCH 343.725
UNICOM 122.800
ASOS 134.125
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZDC
Mag var:
8° W
Fuel:
100LL, A1+

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

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© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 14:13 UTC