Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive
BCB · KBCB · Blacksburg, Virginia · Montgomery County · map
Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive is a public-use airport, 3 miles south of Blacksburg, Virginia, 2,119 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/31, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KBCB · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 4 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 47°F (8°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBCB 062115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 19/08 A3014 RMK AO2 T01900082
TAF KBCB 061722Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM FEW040
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BCB · ICAO KBCB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,119 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), tree 59 ft high 1,112 ft from the end
- Runway 31: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 48 ft high 1,341 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 133.225 | |
| Bcb and aWOS-3 | 133.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 540-231-4837.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Blacksburg from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in Blacksburg, Virginia: 31 piston singles, 5 drones, 4 business jets, 2 turboprops, 1 piston twin. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Occasional wildlife on airport.
- Activate odals runway 13; runway end identifier lights runway 31; PAPI runway 13 and 31; medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 preset low intst.
- Pattern altitude 1000 feet above ground level for non turbine powered aircraft. Pattern altitude for turbine powered aircraft 1500 feet above ground level.
- Unatndd new years day, thanksgiving day, christmas day, major holidays.
- VFR departures maintain runway heading until reaching 1000 feet above ground level.
- Noise sensitive area north of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.