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) and about 42 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 21,900 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KBCB · observed 11:35 am EDT (15:35 UTC), 49 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 2.5 miles
- Sky: scattered clouds at 600 feet, a broken layer at 1,900 feet, overcast at 3,300 feet
- Weather: light rain
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.03 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 7:20 am EDT (11:20 UTC), good until Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 6 knots, visibility 3 miles, light rain, low-level wind shear, scattered clouds at 500 feet, overcast at 1,100 feet MVFR
- At times between Sun 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC) and 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): visibility 2 miles, rain showers, mist, overcast at 400 feet LIFR
- From Sun 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility 6 miles, light rain showers, overcast at 900 feet IFR
- From Sun 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,100 feet, a broken layer at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Mon 1:00 am EDT (05:00 UTC): wind from the west at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Mon 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 11 knots, gusting to 28, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 8,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBCB 111535Z AUTO 05003KT 2 1/2SM -RA SCT006 BKN019 OVC033 15/15 A3003 RMK AO2 VIS 1V5 LTG DSNT SE P0062 T01520151
TAF KBCB 111120Z 1112/1212 06006KT 3SM -RA SCT005 OVC011 WS020/12035KT TEMPO 1112/1115 2SM SHRA BR OVC004 FM111700 09007KT 6SM -SHRA OVC009 FM112100 25004KT P6SM SCT011 BKN040 FM120500 27007KT P6SM BKN025 FM121000 30011G28KT P6SM SCT080
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
4 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br fg).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20kts or more below 2000 ft agl).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mtn wave) up to 8,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mtns obsc by clds pcpn br fg).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- E145 at 0 ft, 18 nm northeast, 11:32 am EDT (15:32 UTC): overcast above 2,300 ft.
- CRJ7 at 0 ft, 18 nm northeast, 10:10 am EDT (14:10 UTC): overcast above 2,300 ft.
- SR22T at 17,000 ft, 39 nm north, 11:49 am EDT (15:49 UTC): moderate rime icing.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ROA, 22 nm east), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 120° at 22 kt; 6,000 ft: 200° at 26 kt, 15 °C; 9,000 ft: 190° at 21 kt, 10 °C; 12,000 ft: 190° at 38 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 210° at 51 kt, -8 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 37 |
| multi-engine | 1 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 21,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 423 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,425 |
| general aviation, local | 6,700 |
| military | 352 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Blacksburg from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Blacksburg, Virginia: 32 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Virginia.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: New River Valley Airport (13 nm west), Roanoke/Blacksburg Regional (Woodrum Field) (22 nm east), Twin County (33 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Virginia · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Blacksburg, by their names on the register:
- Nrv Flyers INC 1 aircraft NRV Flyers is a member-owned flying club based in Blacksburg, Virginia, serving pilots in the New River Valley area including Blacksburg, Radford, and Floyd.
Repair stations in Blacksburg:
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 1 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- John Thompson Molumphy private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Roanoke, VA (22 nm) · (540) 529-9298 · jtmolumphy@aol.com
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Shiloh Airport · Stoneville, NC (50 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · doris@horizonav8.com
All 10 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Blacksburg 45 aircraft · 32 piston singles, 5 drones, 4 business jets
- Hot Seat Aviation 4 aircraft in town
- Precision AG LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Nrv Flyers INC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Moog INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Virginia 1,361 since 1982 · 230 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Virginia 64 landing places
- Virginia 5,986 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BCB.json.
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 9, 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.